HUMIDITY


What is an ideal humidity for tube amps pre amps and speakers?  All around equipment?


polk432
I set my a/c at 79-80 degrees. Humidity is 38 to 48% I average 24 kwh during the hottest months and 14kwh the rest of the year. I have great insulation. The room is 18x12.5 8 foot ceilings and about a total of 1185 sq feet. I check the meter daily and keep my elec bill under 100.00 per month. Very rarely open the windows.
I live in the south too. Keep the A/C at 77 or 76 in the summer. Old drafty house. Humidity is kept at comfortable levels. What number? Who cares? If our equipment can't run optimally at comfortable temperatures and humidities then we need different equipment or a less insane hobby.
Not only does humidity affect equipment but humidity, and temperature, also affect the acoustic envelop in your listening space ( a 10% swing can dramatically change the reverberation field by messing with the response of the higher frequencies which provide much of your spatial cues ). Concert halls are generally designed with HVAC systems that can easily ( and quietly) produce constant temperature and about 50% humidity with any and all crowd configurations.
fifty/fifty always sounds and works best.
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Oh My 50/50!
Is it safe to assume that all above posts were talking about relative humidity?