Debunking Battery Life Myths for Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Laptops
Greetings, Just seen this on the VicugL group and thought the tips here would be of use. Batteries need to be cared for properly theyre a critical part of our mobile devices and battery technology hasnt advanced as fast as other technologies. Unfortunately, theres a lot of incorrect information about batteries out there. Some of the big myths come from old battery technologies and are actively harmful when applied to new battery technologies. For example, nickel-based batteries needed to be fully discharged, while modern lithium batteries shouldnt be fully discharged. Perform Shallow Discharges; Avoid Frequent Full Discharges Old NiMH and NiCd batteries had a memory effect and had to be completely discharged from 100% to 0% to keep their capacity. Modern devices use Lithium Ion batteries, which work differently and have no memory effect. In fact, completely discharging a Li-ion battery is bad for it. You should try to perform shallow discharges discharge the battery to something like 40-70% before recharging it, for example. Try to never let your battery go below 20% except in rare circumstances. If you were to discharge your battery to 50%, recharge it, and then discharge it to 50% again, that would count as a single cycle with modern Li-ion batteries. You dont need to worry about performing shallow charges. Theres only one problem that shallow discharges can cause. Laptops can get a bit confused by shallow discharges and may show you wrong estimates for how long your devices battery will last. Laptop manufacturers recommend you perform a full discharge about once per month to help calibrate the devices battery time estimate. Heat (and Cold) Can Damage Batteries Heat can reduce a batterys capacity. This affects all types of devices even smartphones heat up when performing demanding tasks but laptops can become hottest of all when under load. The battery is in the laptop, near the electronics that become hot while working heavily this contributes to battery wear. If you have a laptop that you use plugged in all of the time and it gets quite hot, removing the battery can increase the batterys life by limiting the batterys exposure to the heat of your laptop. This wont make too much of a difference in normal use, but if youre using a laptop to play a lot of demanding games and its heating up quite a bit, it may be helpful. Of course, this only applies to laptops with removable batteries. Your climate is also a concern. If it gets very hot where you live or you store your device somewhere that gets very hot say, a hot car left in the sun on a summer day your battery will wear down faster. Keep your devices near room temperature and avoid storing them in very hot places, such as hot cars on summer days. Extreme cold temperatures can decrease the lifespan of your battery, too. Dont put a spare battery in the freezer or expose any device with a battery to similarly cold temperatures if youre in a region with cold temperatures. Dont Leave the Battery At 0% You shouldnt leave the battery in a fully discharged state for very long. Ideally, the battery wouldnt discharge all the way to zero very often but if it does, you should recharge it as soon as possible. You dont have to race to a power outlet when your smartphone dies, but dont throw it in your drawer and leave it there for weeks without charging it. If you let the battery discharge completely and leave your device in a closet, the battery may become incapable of holding a charge at all, dying completely. Store Batteries at 50% Charge On the other hand, leaving the battery charged fully for an extended period of time could result in a loss of capacity and shorten its life. Ideally, youd store the battery at 50% charge if you werent going to use it for a while. Apple recommends you leave the battery at 50% if you intend on storing the device more than six months. If youre using it regularly, you shouldnt need to worry about its state although you never want to leave a battery at 0% for too long. Storing the battery while fully discharged could result in the battery dying completely, while storing the battery at full charge could result in the loss of some battery capacity and shorten your batterys life. This applies to both batteries in devices and spare batteries you may have lying around keep them at 50% if you wont be using them for some time. Leaving Your Laptop Plugged in All The Time Is Okay, But This one appears to be fairly controversial. Weve previously covered the eternal question of whether its okay to leave your laptop plugged in all the time. We concluded that its okay and the batterys temperature is the main thing you need to worry about. Apple disagrees, recommending against leaving its Macbook Air and Macbook Pro notebooks plugged in all the time. Ultimately, were both saying the same thing. Its fine to leave your laptop plugged in at your desk when youre using it,
RE: Debunking Battery Life Myths for Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Laptops
Cool man. Thanks for the tips. Lio Laporte spoke about some of this on The Tech Guy show once. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Colin Howard Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 8:40 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Debunking Battery Life Myths for Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Laptops Greetings, Just seen this on the VicugL group and thought the tips here would be of use. Batteries need to be cared for properly - they're a critical part of our mobile devices and battery technology hasn't advanced as fast as other technologies. Unfortunately, there's a lot of incorrect information about batteries out there. Some of the big myths come from old battery technologies and are actively harmful when applied to new battery technologies. For example, nickel-based batteries needed to be fully discharged, while modern lithium batteries shouldn't be fully discharged. Perform Shallow Discharges; Avoid Frequent Full Discharges Old NiMH and NiCd batteries had a "memory effect" and had to be completely discharged from 100% to 0% to keep their capacity. Modern devices use Lithium Ion batteries, which work differently and have no memory effect. In fact, completely discharging a Li-ion battery is bad for it. You should try to perform shallow discharges - discharge the battery to something like 40-70% before recharging it, for example. Try to never let your battery go below 20% except in rare circumstances. If you were to discharge your battery to 50%, recharge it, and then discharge it to 50% again, that would count as a single "cycle" with modern Li-ion batteries. You don't need to worry about performing shallow charges. There's only one problem that shallow discharges can cause. Laptops can get a bit confused by shallow discharges and may show you wrong estimates for how long your device's battery will last. Laptop manufacturers recommend you perform a full discharge about once per month to help calibrate the device's battery time estimate. Heat (and Cold) Can Damage Batteries Heat can reduce a battery's capacity. This affects all types of devices - even smartphones heat up when performing demanding tasks - but laptops can become hottest of all when under load. The battery is in the laptop, near the electronics that become hot while working heavily - this contributes to battery wear. If you have a laptop that you use plugged in all of the time and it gets quite hot, removing the battery can increase the battery's life by limiting the battery's exposure to the heat of your laptop. This won't make too much of a difference in normal use, but if you're using a laptop to play a lot of demanding games and it's heating up quite a bit, it may be helpful. Of course, this only applies to laptops with removable batteries. Your climate is also a concern. If it gets very hot where you live or you store your device somewhere that gets very hot - say, a hot car left in the sun on a summer day - your battery will wear down faster. Keep your devices near room temperature and avoid storing them in very hot places, such as hot cars on summer days. Extreme cold temperatures can decrease the lifespan of your battery, too. Don't put a spare battery in the freezer or expose any device with a battery to similarly cold temperatures if you're in a region with cold temperatures. Don't Leave the Battery At 0% You shouldn't leave the battery in a fully discharged state for very long. Ideally, the battery wouldn't discharge all the way to zero very often - but if it does, you should recharge it as soon as possible. You don't have to race to a power outlet when your smartphone dies, but don't throw it in your drawer and leave it there for weeks without charging it. If you let the battery discharge completely and leave your device in a closet, the battery may become incapable of holding a charge at all, dying completely. Store Batteries at 50% Charge On the other hand, leaving the battery charged fully for an extended period of time could result in a loss of capacity and shorten its life. Ideally, you'd store the battery at 50% charge if you weren't going to use it for a while. Apple recommends you leave the battery at 50% if you intend on storing the device more than six months. If you're using it regularly, you shouldn't need to worry about its state - although you never want to leave a battery at 0% for too long. Storing the battery while fully discharged could result in the battery dying completely, while storing the battery at full charge could result in the loss of some battery capacity and shorten your battery's life. This applies to both batteries in devices and spare batteries you may have lying around - keep them at 50% if you won't be using them for some time. Leaving Your Laptop Plugged in All The Time Is Okay, But. This one appears to be fairly controversial. We've previously covered the eternal question of whether it's okay to leave your laptop plugged in a
Fading out audio
Hi list: New around here and need a little help with audio spots I am producing for internet radio station. Got a 45 second audio spot and I wish to start fading it out around 40 seconds into it. Currently using Gold Wave as my sound editor. Is this possible with Gold Wave and if so, how do I go about doing the above process? Thanks! DJ Reese Peachtree Radio FM. where some listen to remember and some listen to forget. www.peachtreeradiofm.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Fading out audio
Hi Reese, Brand new on the list, but let me help you with this. In goldwave, simply listen to the point where you want the audio fade to begin. Press the left bracket key to move the start point to that position. Now your edit area is only that last five seconds. In the effects menu toward the bottom is the volume option. In there is fade out. select that. You'll probably want to use the preset, fade to zero lineal, Tab down to preview it and if you like it, just tab to okay to make it permanent to your file. Mike Thomas - Original Message - From: "DJ Reese" To: Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:25 PM Subject: Fading out audio Hi list: New around here and need a little help with audio spots I am producing for internet radio station. Got a 45 second audio spot and I wish to start fading it out around 40 seconds into it. Currently using Gold Wave as my sound editor. Is this possible with Gold Wave and if so, how do I go about doing the above process? Thanks! DJ Reese Peachtree Radio FM. where some listen to remember and some listen to forget. www.peachtreeradiofm.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Select small clips for remixing
Hi list: Thanks Mike for answering my earlier question regarding fading sound clips using gold wave. Now I would like to select short clips of music to use for a promo mix? Any suggestions on how to go about accomplishing this task? Thanks! DJ Reese Peachtree Radio FM. where some listen to remember and some listen to forget. www.peachtreeradiofm.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Select small clips for remixing
Yep, simply find the beginning of the sound clip and press that left bracket key for a starting point, and let it play to the end, of what you want and then press the right bracket to mark the end of the desired sound clip. You can now cut it and paste it into another blank sound document, or you could do what is called a trim by pressing control T. This removes everything outside those brackets and leaves only what is inside. You should have set up your goldwave program, that it plays only the part inside the brackets when you press the space bar. This for me is the easiest way. There are a few other settings that need tweaked, like unbounded recording so you're not limited to the five minute limit, etc. If you need some help with this stuff, please contact me off line and we can make some plans to chat you through it. Mike wheelt...@centurylink.net - Original Message - From: "DJ Reese" To: Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:06 PM Subject: Select small clips for remixing Hi list: Thanks Mike for answering my earlier question regarding fading sound clips using gold wave. Now I would like to select short clips of music to use for a promo mix? Any suggestions on how to go about accomplishing this task? Thanks! DJ Reese Peachtree Radio FM. where some listen to remember and some listen to forget. www.peachtreeradiofm.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
I do. Lucky you. I want this PC. Hopefully I can get it at some point. Now, for your question. If Dell hasn't changed their ways, it's actually a realteck card that is part of the mother board as you said. The Wave Max Audio thing is just an audio inhansment thing. It's a software thing. As far as how accessible the card is, well if you use the sound thing in the control pannal you're fine. Now, since I don't have a new Dell PC with this stuff, I can tell you only from past experience with my old Enspireon. With that one there was Real Tech stuff a Real Tek control pannal for the card iso to speak. You can do all kinds of funny stuff in there, make it like you were in a public bathroom, make your voice do the chip munk thing, and or slow it down. This pannal wasn't accessible. I had to have dell deal with it. Man, luck you. The XPS-8700! Is it the regular one? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:25 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
If that is the same thing my XPS15Z I got on Ebay towards the beginning of the year came with, for whatever reason, when using Eloquence, Jaws sounds kind of harsh and distorted. It's not so bad on headphones, but I think a lot of that particular machine's gain is realized with the audio enhancement stuff they have on. I wish I could fix that because the Real speak is eroneously speaking high pitch letters for stuff that really is not capitalized. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:24 PM Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
Not sure I know what you mean by "the regular one!" The thing that Brent said has me a little concerned; hopefully (if I don't change my mind and go ahead and buy this thing) Jaws will still sound like it should sound! Thanks for the feedback so far; have heard indications that there may be a problem with this card in regard to Total Recorder! Do any of you know anything about this? For if this sound card will not let me record internet streams, that would be a deal breaker! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:46 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? I do. Lucky you. I want this PC. Hopefully I can get it at some point. Now, for your question. If Dell hasn't changed their ways, it's actually a realteck card that is part of the mother board as you said. The Wave Max Audio thing is just an audio inhansment thing. It's a software thing. As far as how accessible the card is, well if you use the sound thing in the control pannal you're fine. Now, since I don't have a new Dell PC with this stuff, I can tell you only from past experience with my old Enspireon. With that one there was Real Tech stuff a Real Tek control pannal for the card iso to speak. You can do all kinds of funny stuff in there, make it like you were in a public bathroom, make your voice do the chip munk thing, and or slow it down. This pannal wasn't accessible. I had to have dell deal with it. Man, luck you. The XPS-8700! Is it the regular one? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:25 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Winamp and Icecast streaming
Hi all, Is there a plug in or other program to stream audio to a Icecast2 server? Is it accessible and is there any tutorial to help? I am familliar with the Shoutcast one. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
Maybe the one you are thinking of getting is different enough that the speakers won't make Eloquence sound bad. I haven't bought Eloquence for System Access to see if that comes out better, so this one could be a hard one to troubleshoot. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:36 PM Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Not sure I know what you mean by "the regular one!" The thing that Brent said has me a little concerned; hopefully (if I don't change my mind and go ahead and buy this thing) Jaws will still sound like it should sound! Thanks for the feedback so far; have heard indications that there may be a problem with this card in regard to Total Recorder! Do any of you know anything about this? For if this sound card will not let me record internet streams, that would be a deal breaker! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:46 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? I do. Lucky you. I want this PC. Hopefully I can get it at some point. Now, for your question. If Dell hasn't changed their ways, it's actually a realteck card that is part of the mother board as you said. The Wave Max Audio thing is just an audio inhansment thing. It's a software thing. As far as how accessible the card is, well if you use the sound thing in the control pannal you're fine. Now, since I don't have a new Dell PC with this stuff, I can tell you only from past experience with my old Enspireon. With that one there was Real Tech stuff a Real Tek control pannal for the card iso to speak. You can do all kinds of funny stuff in there, make it like you were in a public bathroom, make your voice do the chip munk thing, and or slow it down. This pannal wasn't accessible. I had to have dell deal with it. Man, luck you. The XPS-8700! Is it the regular one? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:25 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
Oh JAWS should be fine alright. I don't see why it should mess with it. Let me know. See if you can turn the Wave Max stuff off please, see I use Bose Companion 5 Multimedia speakers and Bose suggests turning this kind of stuff or the Beats stuff HP has I would guess off. This way the speakers do the work they are supposed to do the right way. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 7:37 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Not sure I know what you mean by "the regular one!" The thing that Brent said has me a little concerned; hopefully (if I don't change my mind and go ahead and buy this thing) Jaws will still sound like it should sound! Thanks for the feedback so far; have heard indications that there may be a problem with this card in regard to Total Recorder! Do any of you know anything about this? For if this sound card will not let me record internet streams, that would be a deal breaker! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:46 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? >I do. Lucky you. I want this PC. Hopefully I can get it at some point. >Now, for your question. If Dell hasn't changed their ways, it's >actually a realteck card that is part of the mother board as you said. >The Wave Max Audio thing is just an audio inhansment thing. It's a >software thing. As far as how accessible the card is, well if you use >the sound thing in the control pannal you're fine. Now, since I don't >have a new Dell PC with this stuff, I can tell you only from past >experience with my old Enspireon. > With > that one there was Real Tech stuff a Real Tek control pannal for the >card iso to speak. You can do all kinds of funny stuff in there, make >it like you were in a public bathroom, make your voice do the chip >munk thing, and or slow it down. This pannal wasn't accessible. I had >to have dell deal with it. Man, luck you. The XPS-8700! Is it the >regular one? > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom > Kaufman > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:25 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > > Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS > 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into > the > system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? > Is > it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on > another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of > the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if > any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! > Tom Kaufman > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
The enhancement is probably what makes it sound weird. The one thing I found is that turning that off does make you take a considerable volume hit, so they are doing something that makes it sound louder than it would otherwise. - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:11 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Oh JAWS should be fine alright. I don't see why it should mess with it. Let me know. See if you can turn the Wave Max stuff off please, see I use Bose Companion 5 Multimedia speakers and Bose suggests turning this kind of stuff or the Beats stuff HP has I would guess off. This way the speakers do the work they are supposed to do the right way. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 7:37 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Not sure I know what you mean by "the regular one!" The thing that Brent said has me a little concerned; hopefully (if I don't change my mind and go ahead and buy this thing) Jaws will still sound like it should sound! Thanks for the feedback so far; have heard indications that there may be a problem with this card in regard to Total Recorder! Do any of you know anything about this? For if this sound card will not let me record internet streams, that would be a deal breaker! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:46 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? I do. Lucky you. I want this PC. Hopefully I can get it at some point. Now, for your question. If Dell hasn't changed their ways, it's actually a realteck card that is part of the mother board as you said. The Wave Max Audio thing is just an audio inhansment thing. It's a software thing. As far as how accessible the card is, well if you use the sound thing in the control pannal you're fine. Now, since I don't have a new Dell PC with this stuff, I can tell you only from past experience with my old Enspireon. With that one there was Real Tech stuff a Real Tek control pannal for the card iso to speak. You can do all kinds of funny stuff in there, make it like you were in a public bathroom, make your voice do the chip munk thing, and or slow it down. This pannal wasn't accessible. I had to have dell deal with it. Man, luck you. The XPS-8700! Is it the regular one? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:25 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
It probably is. So you couldn't shut it down then? Not good. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:51 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? If that is the same thing my XPS15Z I got on Ebay towards the beginning of the year came with, for whatever reason, when using Eloquence, Jaws sounds kind of harsh and distorted. It's not so bad on headphones, but I think a lot of that particular machine's gain is realized with the audio enhancement stuff they have on. I wish I could fix that because the Real speak is eroneously speaking high pitch letters for stuff that really is not capitalized. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:24 PM Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 > with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the > system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? > Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on > another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the > chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of > you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! > Tom Kaufman > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
I did find something in the volume control, thought you just had to uncheck all the items in that list view like virtual surround, equal loudness, voice cancel, etc. There is one that says, turn off all audio enhancements, but it seems that they shape it around using the features because the volume does drop quite a bit. If one hooked up external speakers, you can just turn those up, so maybe not a big deal. - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:12 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? It probably is. So you couldn't shut it down then? Not good. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:51 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? If that is the same thing my XPS15Z I got on Ebay towards the beginning of the year came with, for whatever reason, when using Eloquence, Jaws sounds kind of harsh and distorted. It's not so bad on headphones, but I think a lot of that particular machine's gain is realized with the audio enhancement stuff they have on. I wish I could fix that because the Real speak is eroneously speaking high pitch letters for stuff that really is not capitalized. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:24 PM Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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I see. I guess I'd shut it off aned then pump it up in the sound tab of the volume control. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:14 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? The enhancement is probably what makes it sound weird. The one thing I found is that turning that off does make you take a considerable volume hit, so they are doing something that makes it sound louder than it would otherwise. - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:11 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > Oh JAWS should be fine alright. I don't see why it should mess with it. > Let > me know. See if you can turn the Wave Max stuff off please, see I use Bose > Companion 5 Multimedia speakers and Bose suggests turning this kind of > stuff > or the Beats stuff HP has I would guess off. This way the speakers do the > work they are supposed to do the right way. > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom > Kaufman > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 7:37 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > > Not sure I know what you mean by "the regular one!" The thing that Brent > said has me a little concerned; hopefully (if I don't change my mind and > go > ahead and buy this thing) Jaws will still sound like it should sound! > Thanks for the feedback so far; have heard indications that there may be a > problem with this card in regard to Total Recorder! Do any of you know > anything about this? For if this sound card will not let me record > internet > streams, that would be a deal breaker! > Tom Kaufman > - Original Message - > From: "Hamit Campos" > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:46 PM > Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > > >>I do. Lucky you. I want this PC. Hopefully I can get it at some point. >>Now, for your question. If Dell hasn't changed their ways, it's >>actually a realteck card that is part of the mother board as you said. >>The Wave Max Audio thing is just an audio inhansment thing. It's a >>software thing. As far as how accessible the card is, well if you use >>the sound thing in the control pannal you're fine. Now, since I don't >>have a new Dell PC with this stuff, I can tell you only from past >>experience with my old Enspireon. >> With >> that one there was Real Tech stuff a Real Tek control pannal for the >>card iso to speak. You can do all kinds of funny stuff in there, make >>it like you were in a public bathroom, make your voice do the chip >>munk thing, and or slow it down. This pannal wasn't accessible. I had >>to have dell deal with it. Man, luck you. The XPS-8700! Is it the >>regular one? >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom >> Kaufman >> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:25 PM >> To: PC audio discussion list. >> Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? >> >> Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS >> 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into >> the >> system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? >> Is >> it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on >> another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of >> the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if >> any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! >> Tom Kaufman >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
Is that how you did it? This wave max stuff is soft ware stuff I thought. In other words, I thought it's a Dell thing, did you not find some kind of control pannal for it? My lap top has a Dell Audio thing you go into to turn on or off stuff that dell put on it I guess. That's another thing, that's not to accessible either. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? I did find something in the volume control, thought you just had to uncheck all the items in that list view like virtual surround, equal loudness, voice cancel, etc. There is one that says, turn off all audio enhancements, but it seems that they shape it around using the features because the volume does drop quite a bit. If one hooked up external speakers, you can just turn those up, so maybe not a big deal. - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:12 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > It probably is. So you couldn't shut it down then? Not good. > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brent > Harding > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:51 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > > If that is the same thing my XPS15Z I got on Ebay towards the beginning of > the year came with, for whatever reason, when using Eloquence, Jaws sounds > kind of harsh and distorted. It's not so bad on headphones, but I think a > lot of that particular machine's gain is realized with the audio > enhancement > stuff they have on. I wish I could fix that because the Real speak is > eroneously speaking high pitch letters for stuff that really is not > capitalized. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Tom Kaufman" > To: "PC audio discussion list. " > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:24 PM > Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? > > >> Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 >> with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the >> system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? >> Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on >> another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the >> chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of >> you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! >> Tom Kaufman >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card?
I know the option I found was in the properties when you hit speakers in the windows sound control panel. I didn't have to deal with the Dell software, but I suppose it's hard to tell if the Windows way does indeed turn off all the stuff they have. - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:22 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Is that how you did it? This wave max stuff is soft ware stuff I thought. In other words, I thought it's a Dell thing, did you not find some kind of control pannal for it? My lap top has a Dell Audio thing you go into to turn on or off stuff that dell put on it I guess. That's another thing, that's not to accessible either. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? I did find something in the volume control, thought you just had to uncheck all the items in that list view like virtual surround, equal loudness, voice cancel, etc. There is one that says, turn off all audio enhancements, but it seems that they shape it around using the features because the volume does drop quite a bit. If one hooked up external speakers, you can just turn those up, so maybe not a big deal. - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:12 PM Subject: RE: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? It probably is. So you couldn't shut it down then? Not good. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:51 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? If that is the same thing my XPS15Z I got on Ebay towards the beginning of the year came with, for whatever reason, when using Eloquence, Jaws sounds kind of harsh and distorted. It's not so bad on headphones, but I think a lot of that particular machine's gain is realized with the audio enhancement stuff they have on. I wish I could fix that because the Real speak is eroneously speaking high pitch letters for stuff that really is not capitalized. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:24 PM Subject: Does Anyone Know About This Sound Card? Hello List: I'm embarking on buying a new computer (it's a Dell XPS 8700 with what is called a "Wave Max" sound card (it's integrated into the system) so my question is: does anyone know about this "Wave Max" card? Is it accessible? The new computer will have Windows 7; I checked on another list and am told that the card should be fine with several of the chat clients I visit! But I thought I would check here and see if any of you know about this particular sound card! Thanks in advance! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
