08-Aug-2021, 19:00
Ha - I know what you mean. All the other speakers I own are literally decades old. I bought most of my audio gear in high school, and just sold most of it, in working condition, 35 years later. I understand that modern gear has many more capabilities, and is therefore more complex... But from an engineering standpoint, that's no excuse for making it short-lived (or unrepairable!) by design - at least when you're talking about something that costs thousands of dollars. Nobody would buy a car that lasted less than 10-20 years, even if it had bluetooth and was full of cameras.
One question I've got about Elevating: do the new speakers consume less power while idle? (Not talking about standby mode, which I will never use, as it requires physically interacting with each speaker to turn them back on. I mean just sitting silent, waiting for an audio signal.) My Golds consume about 16W at rest. Since my use case requires leaving them on 24/7, that costs me about $230/year in electricity alone.
One question I've got about Elevating: do the new speakers consume less power while idle? (Not talking about standby mode, which I will never use, as it requires physically interacting with each speaker to turn them back on. I mean just sitting silent, waiting for an audio signal.) My Golds consume about 16W at rest. Since my use case requires leaving them on 24/7, that costs me about $230/year in electricity alone.
