What does EDM do to your Equipment?

Trance88 · Jul 3rd, 2007, 09:27 AM

It seems when I play hardcore on my receiver it gets a little warmer than if I was to play trance at the same volume. Is this a figment of my imagination or does harder more pumping music actually make your equipment hotter?

Shai`tan · Jul 3rd, 2007, 10:35 AM

You should ask yourself the question, does your receiver make difference between the different styles of music? And if you knew a little about digital audio you wouldn't even post this.

Toxis · Jul 3rd, 2007, 02:37 PM

Ok genius, what does digital audio have to do with his equipment? YOU tell US.

Trance, technically speaking, yes I could see how Hardcore could be more rigorous on your equipment than other genres. The thing that's getting hot is the power supply and capacitors in the amp. With hardcore, it's so fast and hard hitting, the power supply is having to keep large amounts of energy going to the caps. The caps are having to charge and discharge at a much faster rate therefore causing them to heat up and run hotter than usual. It's no different than going from Jazz to Heavy Metal. You could even watch a temperature gauge rise and fall during an action movie every time a lot of action comes up.

Shai`tan · Jul 3rd, 2007, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxis

Ok genius, what does digital audio have to do with his equipment? YOU tell US.

Trance, technically speaking, yes I could see how Hardcore could be more rigorous on your equipment than other genres. The thing that's getting hot is the power supply and capacitors in the amp. With hardcore, it's so fast and hard hitting, the power supply is having to keep large amounts of energy going to the caps. The caps are having to charge and discharge at a much faster rate therefore causing them to heat up and run hotter than usual. It's no different than going from Jazz to Heavy Metal. You could even watch a temperature gauge rise and fall during an action movie every time a lot of action comes up.

You are talking about the amp, in which case I agree. However, the purpose of the receiver is to decode the samples and send them to the D/A converter, isn't it?

Roussi One · Jul 3rd, 2007, 05:51 PM

well, i hate to admit it, but i do get a little excited when i mix EDM

sorry i had to

Toxis · Jul 4th, 2007, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shai`tan

You are talking about the amp, in which case I agree. However, the purpose of the receiver is to decode the samples and send them to the D/A converter, isn't it?

a receiver is a preamp (inputs/outputs and all processing), tuner and an amplifier in one chassis. So what you're talking about is the preamp side. Yes it decodes the signal and sends it to the D/A or A/D converter (depending on what's going on) but if you're getting a preamp hot, something's wrong. He's talking about a receiver that has an amp built in therefore......

Trance88 · Jul 4th, 2007, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roussi One

well, i hate to admit it, but i do get a little excited when i mix EDM

sorry i had to

I knew someone would reply that way!

Thanks for the info Toxis! Yeah, it's not a digital amp. Just a cheap Teac-AG370.

Xyz_39808 · Jul 5th, 2007, 05:12 PM

I wonder how much IDM, glitch, noizecore, or speedcore (extratone maybe?) would do

Toxis · Jul 5th, 2007, 09:56 PM

not much more realistically.

PhineasFreak · Jul 6th, 2007, 05:50 AM

i notice things with heavy bass push my system more than anything else - the cooling fan kicks in on the pulses of bass from kick/sub heavy EDM more than anything else (depending on volume of course)...

gotwf · Jul 6th, 2007, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxis

Ok genius, what does digital audio have to do with his equipment? YOU tell US.

Trance, technically speaking, yes I could see how Hardcore could be more rigorous on your equipment than other genres. The thing that's getting hot is the power supply and capacitors in the amp. With hardcore, it's so fast and hard hitting, the power supply is having to keep large amounts of energy going to the caps. The caps are having to charge and discharge at a much faster rate therefore causing them to heat up and run hotter than usual. It's no different than going from Jazz to Heavy Metal. You could even watch a temperature gauge rise and fall during an action movie every time a lot of action comes up.

Totally makes sense to me

Docdr · Jul 6th, 2007, 08:19 PM

hardcore and dubstep makes my mixer cum!

Toxis · Jul 6th, 2007, 10:33 PM

^wow, someone needs a date and some class.

Docdr · Jul 7th, 2007, 04:30 AM

huh why do you think like that

Jul 3rd, 2007, 09:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trance88 DI Addict, Sonic Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI, USA Posts: 7,127	What does EDM do to your Equipment? It seems when I play hardcore on my receiver it gets a little warmer than if I was to play trance at the same volume. Is this a figment of my imagination or does harder more pumping music actually make your equipment hotter? __________________ Trance addict since '03. DI addict since '05. Sonic fanatic since '95.

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Toxis DI Extreme Addict Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: At the Poker Table with all the chips. Posts: 3,296	Ok genius, what does digital audio have to do with his equipment? YOU tell US. Trance, technically speaking, yes I could see how Hardcore could be more rigorous on your equipment than other genres. The thing that's getting hot is the power supply and capacitors in the amp. With hardcore, it's so fast and hard hitting, the power supply is having to keep large amounts of energy going to the caps. The caps are having to charge and discharge at a much faster rate therefore causing them to heat up and run hotter than usual. It's no different than going from Jazz to Heavy Metal. You could even watch a temperature gauge rise and fall during an action movie every time a lot of action comes up. __________________ http://forums.di.fm/showthread.php?t=117254 Tech 1200M3D's for sale. Accepting offers.

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