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How warm/hot does your DAP get?

post #1 of 4
4/18/11 at 5:01pm
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 In a possibly vain effort to determine the Teclast T-51/S:Flo2's poor reliability issues -- a device known to run quite warm -- I want to query the general Head-Fi DAP-using crowd ...

 

How warm during use (playing music)?

How warm while charging?

 

I don't have an iPhone, iPod Touch or any of the new-style cell/mobile phone devices (similar to the S:Flo2/Teclast device). How do warm do, e.g., the iPhone, iPod Touch, etc. usually run? 

If you own/have owned/have used the Teclast/MP4Nation devices, please compare/contrast them to other DAPs -- thanks!

 


Edited by alphaman - 4/18/11 at 5:02pm
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post #2 of 4
4/20/11 at 9:37pm

My Hifiman HM-801 gets warm during music playback and very warm during charging.


 

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post #3 of 4
4/21/11 at 12:54am
Thread Starter 

Thanks Tronz!

 

For all intents and purposes, we should  include in this discussion ...

 

iPhone (as Teclasl, MP4Nation devices are somewhat similar)

iPod Touch 

(and older/'legacy' products like iPod classic).

 

Anyway, I should answer my own question! ...

 

QLS QA-350 -- the external charger gets quite warm while charging, but the unit runs cool. I've finger-tested the ICs inside while the unit has been in use for 1hr+ and they are all cool. Nice!

 

T-51/S:Flo2 -- charges mildly warm and runs very warm (regardless of file type, including processor-intensive FLAC). Yikes!

 

Cowon/iAudio X5 (2005/2006 60GB model) -- runs warm, charges very warm. The charger ckt is troublesome. When it goes -- I've had three X5's and that's what seems to go first in these units -- the whole unit charges hot!

 

Cowon U3 -- (USB charge) Cool and v. reliable!! 

 

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post #4 of 4
4/21/11 at 12:46pm

How warm?  Depends on the song I'm playing...  rolleyes.gif

 

Back on topic though, my Cowon D3 gets VERY warm doing almost anything else but playing music.  Every other device I have beside my 4th gen iPod Touch hasn't gotten warm enough for me to notice. The Touch will warm up when playing difficult games.

 

4D

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