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- May 11, 2012
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Ahoy all,
Thought you might find this interesting, as I've got compilations of a lot of data and graphs on the old v new cases in various scenarios for the SMV3 and the Amp. (Oh what a glamorous life I lead) - this is the hidden cost of engineering, having to do actual work.
Anyway, I'll put a few graphs here just of the top of each unit (I'll spare you the numbers) - stacked means the SMV3 is sitting on top of the amp, separated means alone on the desk next to each other (not super-close proximity) - the large room is my office, it's open, airy and has good airflow. The confined room is my office at home, it's small, dense with things and has almost no natural airflow. The temperatures are in degrees Celsius and the time scale is in hours. The sides of the units were also measured but the difference in temp tracks pretty closely with the tops of the units. The numbers were adjusted to account for ambient temp as well.
As you can see, the new case is giving an overall drop of around 5 degrees Celsius on the SM and up to 10 degrees Celsius on the amp.
The amp does have the benefit of having had the boards redesigned to allow an airflow path around the boards, and the rear of the new amp case has slotting for better air venting as well.
All in all, a worthwhile change. The new cases are also a more consistent quality, so there's a plus.
Thermal camera picture just for interest:
Peace, love and Ringo Starr,
~D
Thought you might find this interesting, as I've got compilations of a lot of data and graphs on the old v new cases in various scenarios for the SMV3 and the Amp. (Oh what a glamorous life I lead) - this is the hidden cost of engineering, having to do actual work.
Anyway, I'll put a few graphs here just of the top of each unit (I'll spare you the numbers) - stacked means the SMV3 is sitting on top of the amp, separated means alone on the desk next to each other (not super-close proximity) - the large room is my office, it's open, airy and has good airflow. The confined room is my office at home, it's small, dense with things and has almost no natural airflow. The temperatures are in degrees Celsius and the time scale is in hours. The sides of the units were also measured but the difference in temp tracks pretty closely with the tops of the units. The numbers were adjusted to account for ambient temp as well.
As you can see, the new case is giving an overall drop of around 5 degrees Celsius on the SM and up to 10 degrees Celsius on the amp.
The amp does have the benefit of having had the boards redesigned to allow an airflow path around the boards, and the rear of the new amp case has slotting for better air venting as well.
All in all, a worthwhile change. The new cases are also a more consistent quality, so there's a plus.
Thermal camera picture just for interest:
Peace, love and Ringo Starr,
~D