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Post by garbulky on Jun 4, 2018 22:35:56 GMT -5
It's due to the screw holding down the transformer. As the transformer heats up/cools, it clicks or pings. Call Emotiva, for instructions. It's a very easy fix. The idea is you loosen the screw that's on the bottom of the amp a tiny bit and it goes away. You don't have to send it in. Just to be clear, you're talking about a screw *inside* the case, yes ? I already worked with Emotiva tech support (who are top-notch) and they got me to loosen the six screws holdingothe heat sinks to the case from the outside. That got rid of most of the noise. There's only the remaining intermittent ping, which sounds to me more like a heatsink sound than a transformer one. I think you should probably listen to Emotiva, not me on this. I didn't quite understand what you were talking about. I heard there was one big screw/nut that's on the underside of the case on the outside that holds the big torroidal transformer in place. And a quarter or half turn was enough to stop the clicking. I'm not sure if this pinging you're talking about is different. Either way, definitely follow Emotiva's instructions as I've never done this technique myself. |
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Post by 26gary26 on Jun 4, 2018 23:44:39 GMT -5
Thanks to all of you that have replied to my posting. I really appreciate being a member of this forum.
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Post by lotaz on Aug 7, 2018 17:24:15 GMT -5
If I run the PS3 (in another section) that'll really COOK unless open.
My system does not like if my PS3 turns on and the doors are closed! Man those things get hot! I was shocked how much heat that guy produces. If I used a fan set up it would be for the PS3.
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Post by tchaik on Aug 7, 2018 18:22:10 GMT -5
AC Infinity makes some very nice cooling equipment. I have an Aircom T8, they are ultra quiet and very well made and work very well. Here is a link to AC Infinity for anyone not familiar with them www.acinfinity.comThis is the Aircom T10 which has rear exhaust and digital controls. They make a lot of different versions of this, top exhaust, rear exhaust, front exhaust, with digital controls or without, etc. and many other cooling components as well. Very nice quality stuff.  have same one. love it. |
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Post by woofy98102 on Feb 14, 2019 19:22:52 GMT -5
If it's not shutting down due to heat then you are fine and do not need fans. I must disagree, at least as far as some receivers and preamp processors are concerned. Marantz and Integra models are notoriously hot. After my DHC-80.3 suffered two failed video processing boards in the first year, I purchased an Aircom 3-fan top exhaust model that arrived the day before the repaired pre/pro was delivered. It has always sat on top open shelf of my rack with no shelf above it. Using the cooler on the lowest setting, it dropped the pre/pro's video board temperature by over 80 degrees when measured with a laser infrared thermometer! The case which would reach temps too warm to keep my hand on for long, now is cold to the touch after six hours of continuous use. The video board, which ran constantly over 190 degrees has reached only 95 degrees (75 degrees ambient air temp) after those same six hours of use. Three years later, the entire unit has remained cool as a cucumber and absolutelytrouble free, even with ambient temps above 85 degrees which has the video processor board hitting 120 degrees. Without the cooler, the pre/pro heats back up to the previously high temperatures. As far as amps are concerned, you're absolutely correct that heat isn't as serious a problem as most amp's protection circuitry will kick in long before any damage occurs. Yet for some reason, pre/pro manufacturers don't seem to be all that concerned about keeping the operating temperatures of the video processing sections as cool as they could. And video processors, especially those handling HD and 4K UHD need all the cooling they can get. The video processing chipsets handling higher resolutions will get stinking hot and commit slow or rapid thermal suicide if they're not kept as cool as possible. It's why even basic 4K video display cards usually have heat sinks and fans on them. Even when doing zero 3D rendering, the processor and RAM chips on the card, when tasked with HD and 4K UHD content get seriously hot. Adding HDR video processing only increases the demand on the chipsets. It's why video cards for gamers have multiple high-speed fans and tons of heatsinking to keep them from frying. The video processors in AV gear, while not being called upon to process high frame rates and 3D rendering, are still called upon to process and/or oversee the display of 4000 12-bit pixels, each capable of changing sixty times per second. That a ton of data and in the digital video processing world, the more speed needed, the more heat generated. As an aside. I have a Behringer iNUKE6000DSP pwm 2000 watt RMS x2 pro amp that drives a pair of beastly subwoofers at 1000 watts each. The tiny, factory installed 40mm fans sounded like an earsplittingly LOUD jet turbine when they kicked in. Solution? I had a local metal shop duplicate the amp's top panel with what's essentially the center cut out. I bought an Aircom S9 three-fan cooler to set on top of it and set to low to medium (summer) fan speeds the amps absurdly small and loud fans never even kick on. All that ridiculous power and now blessedly silent for under $500 delivered. It's easily the quietest, most elegant cooling solution I've seen used for putting a high power, fan cooled pro amp to use for subwoofer duty. |
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Post by RichGuy on Feb 14, 2019 22:48:53 GMT -5
The AC Infinity Aircom T8 with its digital readout has an adjustable thermostat you can adjust to control the fans. I have mine so the fan kicks on at 88 degrees, on cool days it is always running at 87 degrees and the fan is OFF, on normal warm California days it usually it is at either 87 or 88 degrees fans kicking ON & OFF and on very hot days it occasionally may briefly see 89 degrees before it's quickly cooled again to 87 degrees, it's very consistent and you can see what is happening from the digital display.
My Aircom T8 sits atop my XMC-1. The fans are very quiet and the build quality of the AC Infinity Aircom T8 is excellent it has a very nice aluminum front panel and looks great.
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Post by 2010challenger on Jul 15, 2019 10:53:32 GMT -5
I have ACInfinity T8's on my receiver and my old recapped Onkyo M506 amp, as both run way too hot for a long life. Without the T8, the Yamaha TRS-7810 receiver ran crazy hot when running my 4 Polk LSiM703's and a 706 center, along with a couple of older SVS bookshelves for the back surrounds. It was straining, so the Onkyo amp, with those pretty green meters was added. This took the edge off the Yamaha, but it still ran crazy hot enough that it's lifespan was going to be a lot shorter than the still working, but out of date, 13 year old RX-V659 it replaced. The 659 could and did run the same speakers without cooking itself or sounding like it was right on the edge of clipping. At least Yamaha hasn't done stupid things like Denon has done in their lower end receivers like putting the transformer directly UNDER a PC board! This is beyond stupid..The AVR=X2500H is one I would surely pass on: We had a TV when I was a kid that had the audio board right over the transformer and it lasted about 6 months before it died the first time. The final cure was to make an umbilical cord and move it over to the other side of the chassis. Even with a fan, I would be shocked if a receiver like this, and there are others, makes it 2 or 3 years without failing.
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