Are headphones the best solution in summer?

[Esprit]

In the heat I have a hard time tolerating anything on or in my ears, but I just measured the backs of my Adam Audio monitors: 44° each...maybe best to turn everything off.

 

[Olius]

The internal amps probably use the backplates to dissipate heat. An electronic device being 44° on a summer day sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[Esprit]

Yes but it's a radiator

 

[RayDunzl]

Yes but it's a radiator

So are you!

"At rest, the human body generates an average of 100 watts of output."

That's heat.

Spread out a little more, I assume you are bigger than the speakers.

 

[rynberg]

Man, AC Infinity must have the most successful marketing campaign of all time...convincing people that it's bad when heat sinks get hot. 44C/111F is nothing to any electronics gear that isn't complete junk.

 

[TurtlePaul]

Instead of measuring the temp of the back, measure the power at the wall - that is how much heat they are putting out.

 

[Timcognito]

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[Penelinfi]

Passive speakers with smaller class d . Not sure how much idle power a Purifi uses; the case gets slightly warm.

 

[Doodski]

In the heat I have a hard time tolerating anything on or in my ears, but I just measured the backs of my Adam Audio monitors: 44° each...maybe best to turn everything off.

Domestic electronics is rated to 85C for max thermal temp to avoid thermal runaway. Medical is about 115C last time I read and military is about 130C. I worked in a lab manufacturing downhole tools for oil and gas boreholes in the Earth where it can be very hot. The tools where spec'd to 177C. So 44C is just another normal day for your gear.

 

[Esprit]

"At rest, the human body generates an average of 100 watts of output."

Two monitors are 1,100 watts four 2,200.
Are you telling me that when I think I'm alone listening to music, there's actually 23 of us?

 

[Esprit]

So 44C is just another normal day for your gear.

I was worried about myself, not the Adams

 

[Esprit]

Instead of measuring the temp of the back, measure the power at the wall - that is how much heat they are putting out.

They are more than one meter from the wall and the surface temperature of the walls, ceiling, floor and furniture is 30°

 

[Digby]

They are more than one meter from the wall and the surface temperature of the walls, ceiling, floor and furniture is 30°

Is there no AC in your part of Italy or are electricity costs prohibitive?

Passive speakers with smaller class d . Not sure how much idle power a Purifi uses; the case gets slightly warm.

This could be an answer. I believe the amps in the active speakers are constantly running at 100%, more or less? Passive speakers and efficient amp may generate less heat.

 

[TurtlePaul]

They are more than one meter from the wall and the surface temperature of the walls, ceiling, floor and furniture is 30°

I mean to measure the power draw of the power outlet. Due to the law of conservation of energy, if the plug is pulling 15 watts then 15 watts of heat is being put i to your room.

 

[Esprit]

Is there no AC in your part of Italy or are electricity costs prohibitive?

It’s out of service for other works.

P.S. Currently a kWh costs 0.20€ (I can afford it )