Ohm acoustics 5000
Amps and Kimber 12tc. Big amps and room temperature.
Does the unusual characteristics of inductance or capacitance make your amp run warmer or is this a fallacy? My Bryston 14b3 warms up the 20x12x8 room pretty good. I have a portable AC hooked up and an extra mains AC ductwork put in to the room. I also have a small cooling fan behind It. It will run the temp in the room to a good 74 degrees playing at good volumes in the summer without the portable noisy AC unit running. I tried regular 12 gauge roll wire and made just a little difference. I know its a big amp. Thanks for all responses.
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All you have to do is look at the power dissipation. Get a cheap device like this one: https://amzn.to/3a6NN4P It’s all about how many AC watts you are putting into the room. 100% of that becomes heat. Best analog to this is to think of incandescent bulbs. Remember how hot a 60 Watt bulb would get? |
I doubt that 12TC’s rather high capacitance is bothering the Bryston enough to result in extra heat. There is always some heat from a power amp; as Erik said, whatever power it’s drawing winds up as heat. The B3 series runs cool compared to some of the competition. I tried a Pass X250.8, which puts out 400 watts of heat at idle -- as much as the heater I use to warm the audio room in the winter. If the heat is a problem in your room, I suggest you look into some of the newer Class D amps. I’ve heard great sound from them, and they run cool. P.S. I had a 14BSST, and loved it very much -- except when I had to move it. |
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