FiiO Ka17 heating problem

[guigui]

I'm planning to get a KA17, but I've been reading that people had some problem with it running very hot in desktop mode. Since I live in a quite warm country and I'd mostly use it in desktop mode, should I be worried about it? Do you guys has/had that problem?

Cheers!

 

[johny_2000]

It never overheated for me. And I used it in desktop mode for long periods of time with headphones of varying impedance. The highest I can say is it was just warm.

 

[ducnsh]

I use it daily as a desktop device at my work, it is relatively warmer than other dongles but not at the level of "overheat", just remove the leather case to let it dissipate.

 

[Bernard23]

Same here, gets slightly warm that's all

 

[johny_2000]

 

[turboash]

My new unit (sold another one a couple of months ago) doesn't heat like at all. Like barely warm and only in the case. The firmware is latest. That's what concerns me....