Sony Xperia X-Performance Phone: From A Multi Media Perspective

[Dane Trethowan]

If people are interested in the accessibility of this phone - which is very 
good - then please take the time to follow me on Twitter @grtdane where I write 
up my findings as I continue my exploration.
We know Sony of its audio and video products so therefore I guess its no 
surprise to find audio and video coming at you the moment you get the phone out 
of its box, go through the start-up wizard with everything up and running.
The first thing one notices are the two stereo speakers - one at each end on 
the front of the phone at opposite ends of the screen -, makes for stellar 
sound compared to what I’m used to with speakers on the bottom of phones.
Each speaker looks like a small coin slot - typical of an earpiece speaker on a 
phone - but they go much louder than that.
Going through the settings to perform a general setup and Tweak of the device I 
was pleasantly surprised to discover that the phone had been discovering things 
on my home network which is what its connected to, all my media devices were 
listed there - both Server and renderer - so it was just a matter of me setting 
rules for each device, allowing or denying the phone access and so on.
A tap in the notifications area of the screen gives you access to your devices 
for streaming to and from, you also have the ability to “Cast” to compatible 
devices though I’ve stayed away from doing this for the time being, speech is 
also cast along with music and that’s not something I wish to do though I’m 
quite positive I’ll find a way around this given time.
One can also gain access to the Phone itself as a media device from other 
equipment on your Network thus uploading music and videos and having them 
organised in the appropriate folders on the Phone is a snap and there’s no 
connection require to a computer or similar for file transfer.
Bluetooth comes naturally with premium phones and the Sony Xperia X-Performance 
is no exception.
The phone has the best implementation of Bluetooth I’ve come across for any 
mobile device.
Many of you will be familiar with the 2 volume controls you get when pairing a 
Bluetooth device, a volume control on the Bluetooth device itself and one on 
the phone. The Sony integrates these controls into one so turning the volume 
down on the phone turns the volume down on the speaker with speech telling you 
what the percentage of the volume is as its changed, a nice touch but then 
again that’s the way a volume control should behave.
I also was shocked to hear the Screen Reader tell me that my phone was now 
paired to an APTX device - the B is indeed a Bluetooth device able to handle 
APTX -, Sony have done their job well!
So time to get down to business and listen to a range of files but I wasn’t at 
all surprised as all sounded as I expected them to though the one real 
surprised was that the Phone was able to handle DSD files without complaint.
That’s all for now.

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Re: listening to time signals using pc?

[Dane Trethowan]

In Australia there are many who do but no store can be set by them as satellite 
links and so on delay the transmission.
In the US many stations - particularly the CBS News stations - have time 
signals but even those are often at least one second delayed.
As I’ve already mentioned they’re not used now and thus little attention is 
paid to their accuracy so we come back to WWV which is probably the most 
accurate audible time signal on the planet and can be heard world-wide.

> On 21 May 2017, at 10:13 am, Peter Scanlon  wrote:
> 
> AM Radio stations used to have time signals on the hour. Not many still use 
> this. 
> I think it’s a pity.
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, 21 May 2017 6:04 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: listening to time signals using pc?
> 
> The simplest explanation is that a time signal allows you to calibrate your 
> time piece manually.
> 
> Let's go back in time say to when WWV first went on the air back in the late 
> 1920's.
> 
> At that time, clocks and other time pieces weren't too reliable and - in some 
> cases - needed to be calibrated daily with a Time Signal, WWV being one of 
> the earliest around.
> 
> So you tuned your radio to WWV and waited for the stroke on the 0 second of 
> the minute, "58, 59 0", long note which started the count up to the next 0 
> second of the next minute.
> 
> WWV has announcements to indicate the time coming up, "At The Time 9 Hours 48 
> Minutes Co-ordinated Universal time", that way the person setting the time 
> piece has time to be ready for the 0 second stroke.
> 
> Of course modern-day time signals such as WWV/WWVH do far more than that 
> these days and there's a whole host of different signal services around.
> 
> The future of time signals is shaky given that most clocks now can adjust 
> themselves thanks to the Internet or an Atomic Clock time signal so no need 
> for a human to be involved in the calibration process.
> 
> You can find more details about WWV etc on Google - despite what you might 
> hear from those who ought to know better > - and Wikipedia.
> 
> 
> 
> On 21/05/2017 5:55 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> What's this time signal thing anyways? What's it do exactly?
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/14/2017 4:30 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>>> There's absolutely no point listening to a time signal service such 
>>> as WWV on a PC as what you hear would be delayed by the time you hear 
>>> it thus setting the time by such a method would be completely 
>>> inaccurate.
>>> 
>>> Still the best way to set time is to tune into WWV/WWVH on a 
>>> Shortwave receiver on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 20MHZ, the higher frequency's 
>>> come in well during the afternoon.
>>> 
>>> WWV was recently upgraded, there was talk of it going off the air.
>>> 
>>> WWV has been in operation since 1927, impressive.
>>> 
>>> You can phone WWV/WWVH and hear them that way though again what you 
>>> hear will be delayed at least by a quarter of a second, more likely 
>>> longer.
>>> 
>>> These are US phone numbers
>>> 
>>> WWV 3034997111
>>> 
>>> WWVH 8083354363
>>> 
>>> You can patch these two different numbers together to simulate 
>>> exactly what you'd hear if you tuned to one of the abovementioned 
>>> frequency's on a Shortwave Radio.
>>> 
>>> In Australia the best way to set your time piece manually is to find 
>>> a station with an accurate local time signal, I say accurate because 
>>> some are delayed by at least a second owing to satellite links being 
>>> used, ABC being a case in point so that can't always be relied upon.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 14/05/2017 2:43 PM, Adam Morris wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 Does anyone know of a site or way I can receive a time signal like 
 wwv using a pc?
 
 Have tried google but links I found don't work.
 
 
>>> 
>> 
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Here's a Cool Little Program for Raising the Volume of Audio Files.

[Kenny]

Hello,

I was looking for a small Windows program for raising the volume of 
some of my OTR MP3 files that were barely audible.


Came across the following:
www.mp3volumer.com

This program does a great job at doing exactly what I wanted. In 
addition, it allows you to encode the audio file into another format. 
Completely accessible to JAWS.


Very very fast!
 You can also batch process an entire folder too.

Thought I would share this find with the group.

Have a good day!

-Kenny

Re: listening to time signals using pc?

[Dane Trethowan]

The simplest explanation is that a time signal allows you to calibrate 
your time piece manually.


Let's go back in time say to when WWV first went on the air back in the 
late 1920's.


At that time, clocks and other time pieces weren't too reliable and - in 
some cases - needed to be calibrated daily with a Time Signal, WWV being 
one of the earliest around.


So you tuned your radio to WWV and waited for the stroke on the 0 second 
of the minute, "58, 59 0", long note which started the count up to the 
next 0 second of the next minute.


WWV has announcements to indicate the time coming up, "At The Time 9 
Hours 48 Minutes Co-ordinated Universal time", that way the person 
setting the time piece has time to be ready for the 0 second stroke.


Of course modern-day time signals such as WWV/WWVH do far more than that 
these days and there's a whole host of different signal services around.


The future of time signals is shaky given that most clocks now can 
adjust themselves thanks to the Internet or an Atomic Clock time signal 
so no need for a human to be involved in the calibration process.


You can find more details about WWV etc on Google - despite what you 
might hear from those who ought to know better > - and Wikipedia.




On 21/05/2017 5:55 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

What's this time signal thing anyways? What's it do exactly?


On 5/14/2017 4:30 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
There's absolutely no point listening to a time signal service such 
as WWV on a PC as what you hear would be delayed by the time you hear 
it thus setting the time by such a method would be completely 
inaccurate.


Still the best way to set time is to tune into WWV/WWVH on a 
Shortwave receiver on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 20MHZ, the higher frequency's 
come in well during the afternoon.


WWV was recently upgraded, there was talk of it going off the air.

WWV has been in operation since 1927, impressive.

You can phone WWV/WWVH and hear them that way though again what you 
hear will be delayed at least by a quarter of a second, more likely 
longer.


These are US phone numbers

WWV 3034997111

WWVH 8083354363

You can patch these two different numbers together to simulate 
exactly what you'd hear if you tuned to one of the abovementioned 
frequency's on a Shortwave Radio.


In Australia the best way to set your time piece manually is to find 
a station with an accurate local time signal, I say accurate because 
some are delayed by at least a second owing to satellite links being 
used, ABC being a case in point so that can't always be relied upon.




On 14/05/2017 2:43 PM, Adam Morris wrote:

Hi all,

Does anyone know of a site or way I can receive a time signal like 
wwv using a pc?


Have tried google but links I found don't work.







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Re: listening to time signals using pc?

[Hamit Campos]

What's this time signal thing anyways? What's it do exactly?


On 5/14/2017 4:30 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
There's absolutely no point listening to a time signal service such as 
WWV on a PC as what you hear would be delayed by the time you hear it 
thus setting the time by such a method would be completely inaccurate.


Still the best way to set time is to tune into WWV/WWVH on a Shortwave 
receiver on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 20MHZ, the higher frequency's come in 
well during the afternoon.


WWV was recently upgraded, there was talk of it going off the air.

WWV has been in operation since 1927, impressive.

You can phone WWV/WWVH and hear them that way though again what you 
hear will be delayed at least by a quarter of a second, more likely 
longer.


These are US phone numbers

WWV 3034997111

WWVH 8083354363

You can patch these two different numbers together to simulate exactly 
what you'd hear if you tuned to one of the abovementioned frequency's 
on a Shortwave Radio.


In Australia the best way to set your time piece manually is to find a 
station with an accurate local time signal, I say accurate because 
some are delayed by at least a second owing to satellite links being 
used, ABC being a case in point so that can't always be relied upon.




On 14/05/2017 2:43 PM, Adam Morris wrote:

Hi all,

Does anyone know of a site or way I can receive a time signal like 
wwv using a pc?


Have tried google but links I found don't work.







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