Onkyo running temperature

[Harrison476]

I had mentioned i would measure the temperature of my 875. After playing the receiver on all day. I measured the temperature on the top grill in my rack.
The temperature measured 110.0-122.1 F at different locations

 

[tn001d]

So i guess Onkyo should add to their list of features: Coffee and Tea warmer.

Too bad Denon cant do that

 

[sharkman]

I've got an entry level Onkyo(505) that does the same thing, though I haven't measured it, so apparently Onkyo has designed their receivers to run hotter. This seems like cutting corners to get a product to market cheaper to me. Apparently their OSD is also pretty lame in some models and they scrimp on things like speaker terminals and amount of some others like toslink or composites. But I guess if you don't need them...

Have Onkyos always run hotter or just in the last couple years? My Denon 3803 barely gets moderately warm, and I've had it for about 5 years. My onkyo starts sweating with the volume set at zero!

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

That's pretty hot.

I have never had any components that get even HOT. Warm, yes, but not close to 100 F temp!

I guess only time will tell if this causes reliability concerns. I don't think I mind the heat as long as it doesn't cause any other problems.