30-Mar-2016, 13:04
(This post was last modified: 30-Mar-2016, 13:05 by deviousalet.)
Decreased power consumption should reduce heat, and it does.
As I said, I measure both temperature and power consumption decreasing. My D400 uses 10W less "off" and 11W less in standby when triggered. The correlation to temperature decrease varies with room temperature and load but is always at least a few degrees.
Whether that makes an audible difference is up to your ears, but it is very simple to try for yourself.
If you're more interested in theory consider that the difference between a D400 and D800 is the better thermal management of the better case so according to Devialet temperature is so important that they can double power output using the same circuit board when they can manage heat better. Connecting a trigger cable manages heat better, not to the extent of a bigger case but also far more cheaply. I'm not saying that connecting the trigger cable turns a D400 into a D800 or anything like that, but given that all you need to do is connect a free cable and configure an input I think that saving 33% of wasted power consumption and improving thermal management is an impressive benefit for a free tweak.
As I said, I measure both temperature and power consumption decreasing. My D400 uses 10W less "off" and 11W less in standby when triggered. The correlation to temperature decrease varies with room temperature and load but is always at least a few degrees.
Whether that makes an audible difference is up to your ears, but it is very simple to try for yourself.
If you're more interested in theory consider that the difference between a D400 and D800 is the better thermal management of the better case so according to Devialet temperature is so important that they can double power output using the same circuit board when they can manage heat better. Connecting a trigger cable manages heat better, not to the extent of a bigger case but also far more cheaply. I'm not saying that connecting the trigger cable turns a D400 into a D800 or anything like that, but given that all you need to do is connect a free cable and configure an input I think that saving 33% of wasted power consumption and improving thermal management is an impressive benefit for a free tweak.
