sony f886 and ZX1 DSEE HX affect battery life "ALOT"

edgarcpu

I just read the manual of F886, if you use DSEE HX the playback time to shorten by 85%, it real life situation, just turn on DSEE alone, the playback time is only 13 hours that oppose to 35 hours without turn that on. so it really depend on user that want to turn that on or not.

charky17

I am the user of ZX1, when I turn on the DSEE HX, it's not seems that it'll  affect battery life up to 85%.....

edgarcpu

It is true that just turn on HSEE HX may not shorten battery life by 85%, I think if you turn on xloud and other effect will affect that much as state in the online manual. It is a fact.

And I also state in my original post, in real life situation just turn on HSEE HX the mp3 play time is about 13 hour compare to 35 hour without turn on this effect. So it is about 63% shorten battery life that is quite alot. Just some more info, just turn on ClearAudio will shorten battery life about 45%, So turn on HSEE HX will shourten battery life more.

I am just surprise to find out that. I think most of the users did not know about it will affect the battery life that much. At least I did not know ahead of time. So this is just info for future buyer to take this as some consideration. And I have to declare that I am a Sony fan, even I know about this I will still buy the player though. (just some info - I still own sony x1050; sony Z1060; sony F806; sony ZX1 and sony F886)