Sony STR-V7 rises from the grave (almost)

[Pepa]

Beautiful receiver that one! It would cool to see the innards too.........

NICE.

Anders,here's an old picture of mine rec.
Are you thinking about one??

 

[Layoutpad]

Hey your comments were well taken.
Don't worry.
Indeed such online queries are full of variables and thus a bit subjective.

Compared to say a Technics class A amp/receiver my V7 is cool.
But basic moderate volume operation over say 1-2 hours will produce a warm grill. Not hot by any measure.

I just figured additional heat dissipation was good.

You have me curious now.....

"I've always been of the opinion that a warm receiver is a happy receiver."-quoted

Sounds like you mean a regularly used receiver is a happy one versus cold boat anchor. (?)

So its all good !!:thmbsp:

Thanks !

@Sonytubes

Well yes, a warm receiver "with a pulse" is always a good thing,
But what I really meant was, in my experience warmed up amp is a happy amp that sounds really good.
I always let my gear warm-up before listening to it and they seem to perform best when everything has reached a nice optimal warm thermal range.
(obviously varies from piece to piece... and some are designed to run hotter than others).

I'm not a big fan of trying to cool things off with fans that were not meant to be,
because if an amp is designed to run ideally at a certain temperature range and you force the temperature down,
it could affect the timbre/imaging and soundstage.

I'd be willing to venture a guess that your warm Sony is a happy Sony.
But that's just my opinion. I'm sure there are others will have a different one.:scratch2:

 

[Sonytubes]

AHHH, that is an excellent insight !!

Hit the nail on the head !

I'll just remove the fan now since its a bit cumbersome anyway and had it temporarily plugged into my variac to reduce the fan speed and noise !

Thanks again.:tresbon: