the temperature and power consumption seem to be directly related to the volume setting, and I mean not the volume that you hear. I have used the jRiver EQ for some room correction where I have also corrected a sink with a +6db filter. As a result I had to reduce the digital volume by these 6db to avoid clipping.
For getting the same volume as before I had to turn up the amp volume by these 6db. This resulted in a much higer temperature, around 50° with DPM off.
I have now filled that room sink in a different way so I don't need to reduce the digital volume anymore and this results in temperatures of only 40° as I now listen with amp volumes of about -25. Before it was between -18 and -20.
With both configurations the speaker's power requirements is about the same. This means that for speakers with a low sensitivity where you have to turn up the volume to levels above -20 you will get high amp temperatures, even if the amp delivers only a few watt. Not sure if Devialet could solve this differently...
Has already someone tried to use the relative level setting in the speaker configuration ? This shoulld be a level increase that happens in the DSP. Maybe if you increase the level here you don't need to turn up the amp main level that much which could result in lower temps.
For getting the same volume as before I had to turn up the amp volume by these 6db. This resulted in a much higer temperature, around 50° with DPM off.
I have now filled that room sink in a different way so I don't need to reduce the digital volume anymore and this results in temperatures of only 40° as I now listen with amp volumes of about -25. Before it was between -18 and -20.
With both configurations the speaker's power requirements is about the same. This means that for speakers with a low sensitivity where you have to turn up the volume to levels above -20 you will get high amp temperatures, even if the amp delivers only a few watt. Not sure if Devialet could solve this differently...
Has already someone tried to use the relative level setting in the speaker configuration ? This shoulld be a level increase that happens in the DSP. Maybe if you increase the level here you don't need to turn up the amp main level that much which could result in lower temps.