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In Reply to: RE: You will find that it may be very little posted by fmak on August 20, 2014 at 07:41:05
My Mytek DAC uses 20 watts and doesn't have or need a fan.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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20W on the label. How much in use? There is not a single component that uses many Watts. Have you measured it? Try 10W on a 30W resistor and see how it burns.
You need to exercise some electronics common sense.
The measured power consumption of my Mytek DAC was a bit under the rated 20 watts. I measured it some time ago when I first got a Kill-A-Watt. I don't recall the exact figure, but my recollection is 18 watts.
The measured power consumption of my Asus T1000 tablet is 10 watts at the AC plug with the display on full brightness and wi-fi in use. In this mode the wall wort feels warm, but the tablet itself is well below body temperature. Power consumption at the wall plug increases to 12 watts while charging the battery and the tablet feels slightly warm. The tablet also feels warm while playing video, presumably because of significant graphic processing. This system runs Windows 8.1 with 2 GB RAM and an Intel Z3775 CPU at 1.46 Ghz.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
It's the distribution of power consumption that matters. There is no cpu requiring 15W when there is demand within a small area.
Fred,
I appreciate the terseness of your posts when I can understand them. Unfortunately, this was not the case here.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
If you cannot understand the concepts relating to heat density in a confined space and how this can be dealt with, then there is no point in any further discussion
My lack of understanding does not relate to engineering concepts of thermal management. It relates to my inability to decipher absurdly cryptic posts whose meaning is highly ambiguous.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
It's only ambiguous to you when you are unable to grasp practical engineering concepts.
"It's only ambiguous to you when you are unable to grasp practical engineering concepts."
Does this mean that you now accept the concept of thermal resistance? I know, it was years ago that we kicked that around but I still remember it because it was so unique.
Rick
Always accepted it. As I recall, you went from metal heat transfer to plastic, or thereabouts.
"Always accepted it. As I recall, you went from metal heat transfer to plastic, or thereabouts."
Excellent! I'm happy to stand corrected. It's such a useful and intuitive concept that I think it belongs in all audiophiles' mental toolboxes.
Rick
Exactly. Half the stuff he posts makes no sense.
> half
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Really? it runs hot as the new york subway platform in august.
I recently compared the Mytek to DACs cost 2 and 3 times as much.
The Mytek gives exactly $1595 worth of sound. But no more.
I haven't ever been on a NY subway in August, but my Mytek runs warm, not hot. There is no question of being able to hold my hand on the case for as long as I want. Hot would be like my amps, where that is not possible.
What were the DACs you compared and how did they compare?
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Consider your self lucky then :)
Well the MyTek runs hotter than ANY other digital component I have ever seen.
Direct comparison were made to the following DACs:
SIM 380D (PCM) $4000
Bryston BDA-2 (PCM) $3000
Naim DAC $4000
Musical Fidelity M6 (PCM) $3000
Auralic Vega (DSD/PCM) $3500
Luxman DA-06 (DSD/PCM) $5000
Marantz NA-11S1 (DSD/PCM) $3500
To say the MyTek was a distant second would be the understatement of the year. In comparison, a very flat soundstage, dry treble, and less ambiance, by a country mile, actually.
I have said many times, considering the feature set, it is worth $1600, but no more than that. It does not belong in a reference system, and you are leaving a good amount of the recording ambiance on the table by using it.
Agree, the design is compromised.
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