Hi,
After receiving inflated power bills I set out measuring the amount of power which was being consumed by the usual culprits- TV, fridge, AC, PC, water heater and of course the home theater. I used a smart plug from sonoff which sends me information On my phone via WiFi. The results were as follows:
TV approx 50 - 75 watts depending on content. Since my tv is a 55 inch OLED consumption could be higher
Fridge: approx 140- 200 watts when compressor is on, almost nil otherwise
PC- single monitor 50 watts, dual monitor 75 watts. Heavy gaming on one monitor LG ultra wide: 200 w!!
AC- 3 star 1 tonne Daikin 800 watts with compressor on
and finally the HT....
AVR Denon 2500 H (2019) Wharfedale Diamond 220 center, L and R+ Diamond 210 surrounds and 2 ceiling speakers for Atmos. Connected sub- Emotiva 10 inch subwoofer and media player Nvidia Shield. Barring the projector, everything else was connected to the smart plug (including sub). I played the initial scene from inception when the dream starts going wrong and the action begins. I played the scene pretty loud (didnt measure but my daughter was covering her ears). Room size was13 feet x 10 feet with ceiling height of about 8 feet after false ceiling. Guess what the nvidia plus sub plus AVR powering 7 speakers held steady at 60 - 65 wattts and after really dialling the volume higher I could push the consumption to a maxxx 73 watts !
My question to audio experts- are we fooling ourselves by adding extra power amplifiers to AVRs assuming that AVRs don’t have head room ? I am sure an AVR is capable of much more. I had also initially connected 2 amplifiers to my AVR assuming that I was making headroom available. But now I guess the so called improvement in sound from the additional amplifiers was just the sound coloration which the new amps were adding to the chain !
Any views on the above would be welcome.
After receiving inflated power bills I set out measuring the amount of power which was being consumed by the usual culprits- TV, fridge, AC, PC, water heater and of course the home theater. I used a smart plug from sonoff which sends me information On my phone via WiFi. The results were as follows:
TV approx 50 - 75 watts depending on content. Since my tv is a 55 inch OLED consumption could be higher
Fridge: approx 140- 200 watts when compressor is on, almost nil otherwise
PC- single monitor 50 watts, dual monitor 75 watts. Heavy gaming on one monitor LG ultra wide: 200 w!!
AC- 3 star 1 tonne Daikin 800 watts with compressor on
and finally the HT....
AVR Denon 2500 H (2019) Wharfedale Diamond 220 center, L and R+ Diamond 210 surrounds and 2 ceiling speakers for Atmos. Connected sub- Emotiva 10 inch subwoofer and media player Nvidia Shield. Barring the projector, everything else was connected to the smart plug (including sub). I played the initial scene from inception when the dream starts going wrong and the action begins. I played the scene pretty loud (didnt measure but my daughter was covering her ears). Room size was13 feet x 10 feet with ceiling height of about 8 feet after false ceiling. Guess what the nvidia plus sub plus AVR powering 7 speakers held steady at 60 - 65 wattts and after really dialling the volume higher I could push the consumption to a maxxx 73 watts !
My question to audio experts- are we fooling ourselves by adding extra power amplifiers to AVRs assuming that AVRs don’t have head room ? I am sure an AVR is capable of much more. I had also initially connected 2 amplifiers to my AVR assuming that I was making headroom available. But now I guess the so called improvement in sound from the additional amplifiers was just the sound coloration which the new amps were adding to the chain !
Any views on the above would be welcome.