So i've been on a A/V kick recently and gave my "home theater" a make over. I upgraded all 4 surround sound speakers and center to Definitive Technology Pro Cinema 800. I already have a Klipsch Sub-12 that hits hard, and low, but i was missing the mid range, and treble. The KLH's just could not play what i was looking for.
But my question is since i also upgraded the receiver to a newer Denon, it seems to run slightly warmer - not hot, in comparison to the pioneer receiver that was there. The Pioneer was from 2007 i believe, and pushed out about 110 watts a channel but has no HDMI. So now the pioneer is in the spare room setup and sounds fantastic with high quality speakers, and if i knew i only needed to upgrade speakers i would of done that, and kept the Pioneer as the main unit lol.
But i'm extremely happy with the Denon, and Definitive Technology setup, i'm just worried about heat. I know heat and electronics usually do not mix, and this Denon Receiver is doing alot more work then the Pioneer receiver. So i bought a USB powered laptop cooler, and have the cooler hooked up to the TV via USB so the fans come on and off with power of TV. The nice thing about the TV USB is that the power is cut after 15 mins, so even if you power the unit it off say after watching a long movie, the receiver is still being cooled down for 15 mins. I placed the laptop cooler on top of receiver to pull heat away from unit. I have no heat issues and the top is alot cooler.
Question... Is there a better way to keep the receiver cool? Can i cool the receiver too much? The reason im worried about heat is i know a few people who lost receivers, not from age, but from heat that usually kills a channel or two and causes the unit to go into protection mode, or worse yet HDMI input/output issues.
Thanks for your input :-D
Denon with laptop cooler on top.
Old KLH Speakers
spare room setup with old Pioneer receiver.
But my question is since i also upgraded the receiver to a newer Denon, it seems to run slightly warmer - not hot, in comparison to the pioneer receiver that was there. The Pioneer was from 2007 i believe, and pushed out about 110 watts a channel but has no HDMI. So now the pioneer is in the spare room setup and sounds fantastic with high quality speakers, and if i knew i only needed to upgrade speakers i would of done that, and kept the Pioneer as the main unit lol.
But i'm extremely happy with the Denon, and Definitive Technology setup, i'm just worried about heat. I know heat and electronics usually do not mix, and this Denon Receiver is doing alot more work then the Pioneer receiver. So i bought a USB powered laptop cooler, and have the cooler hooked up to the TV via USB so the fans come on and off with power of TV. The nice thing about the TV USB is that the power is cut after 15 mins, so even if you power the unit it off say after watching a long movie, the receiver is still being cooled down for 15 mins. I placed the laptop cooler on top of receiver to pull heat away from unit. I have no heat issues and the top is alot cooler.
Question... Is there a better way to keep the receiver cool? Can i cool the receiver too much? The reason im worried about heat is i know a few people who lost receivers, not from age, but from heat that usually kills a channel or two and causes the unit to go into protection mode, or worse yet HDMI input/output issues.
Thanks for your input :-D
Denon with laptop cooler on top.
Old KLH Speakers
spare room setup with old Pioneer receiver.