In answering my own question, I contacted the sales department of Tangent Audio (home based in Denmark), the manufacturers of the Tangent Quattro, one of the Reciva-powered internet audio ["radio"] appliances on the market. They in turn contacted their technical department and got me an answer:
Depending on what normal listening volume is, from 12 to 15 watts/hour. About what I was expecting. More than a radio, but certainly less than a laptop and far less than a common desktop computer. Obviously not counted in this is the power consumption of the cable or dsl modem, plus wireless router/access point, needed minimally to use a wireless internet audio appliance such as the Tangent Quattro in one's home. Power consumption may not matter to most people, but it does to me. Kevin Anderson --- Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I been checking webpages and manuals online for the various > WiFi > radio tuners, such as the Acoustic Energy and Tangent Quattro, > hoping to get an idea what their power consumption is like. > So > far no luck in finding that type of information. > > Those of you who have seen these in person, do you recall what > the power transformer was rated for? Have you seen any power > consumption figures? > > I ask because one of my pros for radio receivers in general is > their low power consumption compared to other devices such as > television and computers. One of my reluctances for leaving > computers on when they are not being used has also been, in > part, because of power consumption and not wanting to waste > this > energy (and pay the bill) for idle use. I doubt an Internet > radio appliance will consume as much electricity as an actual > desktop computer, but nonetheless is probably not trivial > either > as these are nonetheless computers, albeit specialized ones. > > Just curious, > Kevin Anderson > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA > k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com > http://postoilgeography.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------------------- > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, > your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > http://sims.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or > visit the URL shown above. > > -- ------------------------------------- Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com http://postoilgeography.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
