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Post by phdamage on Jan 12, 2022 11:36:00 GMT -6
It's cold outside!! What gear doubles as your space heater? Now that I'm out of analog land - so no more console power supply or tape machine to keep me warm - I gotta say my powered sub and power amp for my monitors is probably the only thing i've got that really adds any heat to my control room. Maybe I need more tube gear?
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Post by Blackdawg on Jan 12, 2022 11:38:03 GMT -6
Definitely my Vcomp. Its got like what...13 tubes in it?
Then probably my 500 racks PSU.
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Post by svart on Jan 12, 2022 11:59:01 GMT -6
The SVT classic. When that's going I have to turn on the AC even though it's 35F out.
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Post by Ward on Jan 12, 2022 12:16:49 GMT -6
30º high today, and no need for heat with all the tube gear powered up!
Burns less power than heaters to boot.
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Jan 12, 2022 13:19:54 GMT -6
The RND 500 series units get smokin' hot. Not sure why. 551 and 535.
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Post by spindrift on Jan 12, 2022 13:24:42 GMT -6
32X4 CAPI Sumbus
Retro 176s and Sea-Levels run real hot too
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Post by EmRR on Jan 12, 2022 13:24:59 GMT -6
Dolby 740 is always hot to touch, has empty spaces on both sides. Same with MOTU converters. Both run hotter than most of the tube preamps. Ampeg V4 is heating it's surroundings for sure, as is the Super Reverb. Old Hewlett-Packard regulated tube PSU is probably as hot as the Ampeg.
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Post by Guitar on Jan 12, 2022 13:56:10 GMT -6
Probably the guitar amps. I have to take off my jacket when playing.
And I do have a space heater too, haha!
Got to mention the Saxophone as well. The physical effort of playing gets me pretty steamy so I have to take off the jacket after playing Sax for a few minutes.
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Post by drbill on Jan 12, 2022 14:03:45 GMT -6
Manley VariMu. You can fry eggs on it if it's not covered up in a rack.
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Jan 12, 2022 14:12:47 GMT -6
Probably the guitar amps. I have to take off my jacket when playing. And I do have a space heater too, haha! Got to mention the Saxophone as well. The physical effort of playing gets me pretty steamy so I have to take off the jacket after playing Sax for a few minutes. Sounds to me like you just need a lighter jacket. |
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Post by Guitar on Jan 12, 2022 14:26:37 GMT -6
Probably the guitar amps. I have to take off my jacket when playing. And I do have a space heater too, haha! Got to mention the Saxophone as well. The physical effort of playing gets me pretty steamy so I have to take off the jacket after playing Sax for a few minutes. Sounds to me like you just need a lighter jacket. I have so many jackets gravesnumber9. Usually the ones I'm speaking of are light. I guess I could switch to a jean jacket or a flanel shirt. Maybe I'm just sensitive to temperature. I forgot to mention how small this room is. Things get hot in here easily. |
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Post by tkaitkai on Jan 12, 2022 14:56:07 GMT -6
I've since sold both, but at one point, it was a toss-up between my Apollo Twin and my Lynx Aurora 8 MKI. I swear the combination of those two made my room several degrees hotter. You could probably burn yourself if you touched the Aurora chassis near the PSU for too long.
I always had the nagging suspicion that this was slowly degrading things under the hood. I totally get why some digital gear runs hot, but vastly prefer stuff that doesn't.
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Post by ericn on Jan 12, 2022 15:19:18 GMT -6
The BEL 2002 and all its class A power pretty much keeps the furnace off.
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Jan 12, 2022 15:33:21 GMT -6
I've since sold both, but at one point, it was a toss-up between my Apollo Twin and my Lynx Aurora 8 MKI. I swear the combination of those two made my room several degrees hotter. You could probably burn yourself if you touched the Aurora chassis near the PSU for too long. I always had the nagging suspicion that this was slowly degrading things under the hood. I totally get why some digital gear runs hot, but vastly prefer stuff that doesn't. Apollo x4 runs hot too. For that matter so does the x8. And yeah, I'm always nervous that all those circuits I paid thousands of dollars for are gradually melting. |
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Post by plinker on Jan 12, 2022 16:26:14 GMT -6
All my stuff (what there is) is very energy efficient -- so, basically, I think all you old-fashioned carbon-burners are dirt!
I bet you clean your studios with a 2-stroke leaf blower too, right?!
;-}
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Post by Ward on Jan 12, 2022 16:52:53 GMT -6
I bet you clean your studios with a 2-stroke leaf blower too, right?! ;-} Doesn't everyone? |
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Post by Ward on Jan 12, 2022 16:53:20 GMT -6
Manley VariMu. You can fry eggs on it if it's not covered up in a rack. You could light cigarettes off the one I had. |
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Post by drbill on Jan 12, 2022 17:04:32 GMT -6
Hmmmm..... Eggs vs. Cigarettes...... Guess that says a lot.  |
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Post by allbuttonmode on Jan 12, 2022 17:09:17 GMT -6
My 3 Lynx Auroras. By far.
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Post by deaconblues on Jan 12, 2022 17:15:46 GMT -6
I've since sold both, but at one point, it was a toss-up between my Apollo Twin and my Lynx Aurora 8 MKI. I swear the combination of those two made my room several degrees hotter. You could probably burn yourself if you touched the Aurora chassis near the PSU for too long. I always had the nagging suspicion that this was slowly degrading things under the hood. I totally get why some digital gear runs hot, but vastly prefer stuff that doesn't. Apollo x4 runs hot too. For that matter so does the x8. And yeah, I'm always nervous that all those circuits I paid thousands of dollars for are gradually melting. Oh yeah, Apollo x4 runnin' pretty maxed out on DSP plus my Mac Pro trash can squeezing every last bit of juice to run my Softube Modular patches is a free trip to summertime. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 17:23:58 GMT -6
mixer & psu, vibrolux and 1566's seem to put out the most here.
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Post by Ward on Jan 12, 2022 17:59:15 GMT -6
Hmmmm..... Eggs vs. Cigarettes...... Guess that says a lot. Old habits . . . |
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Post by plinker on Jan 12, 2022 20:27:38 GMT -6
I bet you clean your studios with a 2-stroke leaf blower too, right?! ;-} Doesn't everyone? It takes more strokes than that to clean my studio. |
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Post by seawell on Jan 12, 2022 20:35:44 GMT -6
My 3 Lynx Auroras. By far. For sure! After they have been on a while you can barely touch the front panel. |
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Post by Bat Lanyard on Jan 12, 2022 20:56:42 GMT -6
The boiling (but amazing) Burl B26 followed by anything with tubes in it.
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