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Help with a suggestion for using audio equipment in extremely humid climate conditions

I had never before such question as the climate conditions where I live are normal.

But I am thinking to move part of my audio stuff to a coast, very close to the sea (100 meters or so). I think some audio/digital stuff (CDs, for instance) are not so tolerant to high humidity. I wonder if there are can be some special suggestions, say special audio brands, tube or solid state is more resistant,  speakers, etc.

Thanks, in advance, guys for your input!


Nodari

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freediver
585 posts
 
^^^ Impossible to do with a tube based system...
 Maybe leaving a good quality cotton towel or even a chamois over the gear when not in use will absorb most if not all airborne water vapor..
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Plenty of tubed based preamps can be left on all the time. Then it is more about how often it is used. If every day, it an be left on easily. If once a week, like just eekends, then leaving it on all week would be a mistake. (plus the kind of tubes.. LIke one preamp I had,sealed case. left on 24/7 case barely warm. Another is a blast furnace!
inna
5,245 posts
 
I wouldn't worry about it. If it sounds good to you - get that. If and when something wrong happens - throw it away and get new equipment. Unless you are talking about expensive equipment - then have it fixed. Much depends on your income. People wear out cartridges and tubes and computers. I don't know how panel speakers behave in this environment, though, but it's probably no good for any kind of speakers.
erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
So this may not have been clear. The OP was talking about SALT WATER.

That is particularly corrosive. It doesn't have to rain on the gear to suffer from it. As I've read over the years, it will quickly corrode bare boards. You really want to use only masked printed circuit boards here, and even then, you are still going to suffer a loss of life span.


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elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Millions of folks live next to salt water here in the USA too. I do not read any long whines about audiophile equipment destruction because they live next to the ocean. and at least a third of them also have high humidity..  More about cars... But that also pales compared to the auto rust caused by Northern salted in Winter roads.So I am beginning to think the worry is more theoretical... Sure be careful. But worry? no.
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