mp3 quality and battery life

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http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_NiCd_Battery.html#NICDBATTERY_014

repairfaq.org wrote:

By a proper execution of a discharge/charge cycle, one destroys the large crystal cadmium and replace it with a microcrystalline form best for discharge.
This does NOT mean that one needs to cycle one's battery each time it is used. This does more harm than good, and unless it is done on a per cell basis, one risks reversing the cells and that really kills them.

Edit: and from further down the page:

General_Electric wrote:

Realistically, however, 'memory' CANNOT exist if ANY ONE of the following conditions holds:

1. Batteries achieve full overcharge.
2. Discharge is not exactly the same each cycle - plus or minus 2-3%
3. Discharge is to less than 1.0 volt per cell.

Remember, the existence of any ONE of these conditions eliminates the possibility of 'memory'.