How hot should the amp portion of this monitor get? I used it for a 2-hour band rehearsal for vocals, and it felt quite warm to the touch...
811332
They have a class A amp with minimal ventilation, so they will definitely get warm/hot. Class D based monitors with this feature set will add another hundred or so to the price. I've left mine on for ~36 hours (weekends) in my garage a few times now - they definitely heat up but I haven't had any failures. I also gig with this, so overall I'd say they hold up pretty well.
1043208
It will probably run hot. It is a very good sounding amp but for me it ran hot regardless. I can only suggest class D amps for less heat and an amp like this maybe only for front.A much as I like it's smooth in depth sound, I rather get a class D amp as they are good also.
999873
I have this amp in very controlled and engineered small studio...don't let that fool you. The fan noise is way below the sonic threshold for studio work. For live..who cares? Our studio amp rack is 3 meters from our control console. NP. I never have noticed if the fan is on or off...that quiet. Good luck.
912533
I have not experienced over heating of the amp. And from what I have read on this amp, it runs pretty cool.
1984670
Other than a small desk fire from melting plastic and having to run the air conditioner in February - NEeeewww... Not too hot...!That IS a joke BTW.... It's 30 INCHES C to C with Multiples of LED's for backlighting! Why would it be cold? Yes, it's warm, NO, I can't heat our house with it... I have used it every day for over a year, it's a great monitor. The AR coating is WAY over done.. The heat is on the warm side but to be expected from this size of monitor until some genius figures out the light output per watt sucked from the outlet answer. LM
1632437
Yes, it does run hot and there we're times I felt like my hand was going to burn on certain places of the laptop. It only runs hot when I'm gaming for hours tho. I have not reached 100C as of yet. I put a fan underneath the laptop and can get around 85C, has spiked to 95C here and there then goes back down. I'm extremely happy with my purchase tho. :)
690699
I have mine in a somewhat confined space which is concealed with very thin speaker fabric, and yes, it gets hot. It does have a fan, and when the unit gets very hot, the fan noise is noticeable. I'm going to need to find an alternate solution, perhaps an auxiliary lower-noise fan.
1638619
I have had this a few months now. I run it full 2ohms, all four F & R channels on 2ohmm Infinity Kappa's, and the sub channel 2ohm on a Xtant X1244. If I rail on this set up for about 45+ min straight, it gets hot. I ended up adding an 8" axial flow fan to my set up, blowing across the amp, and now it only gets warm to touch after wanging on it for hours at a time ....
1648017
Well i've had this for about a month now yea it does get a bit hot but with the built in feature to increase the fan's vent after 2-3mins of that its quite fine though it could be me cause i tend to game heavy while it in my lap a lot on the table and whatsnot never really notice. Now the screen i've seen no issue so far pretty great purchase overall
1749259
We use it for vocals and guitars (les Paul, strat and elec acoustic) and iPad for our family band practice in the basement. It is great and portable, but I doubt it would stand up to a loud/large room or tamped guitars and drums. It would be a decent monitor.
1763062
I just cancelled my Amazon order for the VSX-1019. Great reviews on Cnet, sure, but I've read complaints about the power really being 90 watts and, more importantly for me (cos its going into a enclosed unit) about the 1019 running really hot. Can anyone comment on the VSX-9040 re runnimg temperature??
1997389
Due to it's 600 lumens it does get pretty hot. Usually I do not leave it on long or keep hand around the bezel. Only to temporarily subdue the intensity do I have hand there.
637666
My monitor does not give off heat. I do know that my older computer would not work well with this monitor and my have power issues. I had bought a new computer that supported the extra pixels this monitor has. Excellent!
1405665
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I had the unit packed up in a storage unit but I brought it out today. I'm sure i'm to late with this info for you but maybe it will help someone else. It's Amps used are 4.6 I set it up today, the bedroom upstairs was 86 inside. After about 2 hours it had dropped down to a comfortable 73. I'm sure by bedtime it will be in the upper 60's which is where I like to keep it if I can.
525700
Sorry for the late reply here bud......The fan on this thing is pretty excellent. After a 2 hour long BF4 session the fan can cool from 75c+ down to about 35-40c in 2-3minutes.
1672317
I plug into a 150 W monitor. Not a problem one. have never tried the Guitar amp.I will try an Ampeg Bass amp when I get back home. I can let you know later. I will say I love what the unit can do.
1436382
NO! It doesnt suposed to be hot!.. i've turned it on at maximum brightness for 16 hrs and when i touched it? It still at the room tempreture.. i didnt notice any increase on the tempreture.. sorry for my english =)