keeping amps cool?

How about having small air filters blowing on the amps fins to keep amp cool. Apparently keeping devices temperature power extends life?

ptss09-07-2013 3:10am

brf Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,715 posts 09-10-2013 at 02:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete In the past I had an amp stand constructed that incorporated 2 whisper fans that were used to draw the heat away from the amp thereby enhancing the amps nature convection cooling properties. The fans had a variable power supply to control fan speed that could not be heard from the listening position.
geoffkait Details Discussions Posts This discussion 23,365 posts 09-10-2013 at 04:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Push me pull me, what's the diff? I use an O 2 Cool outboard fan directed at the tubes of my Bada Class A headphone amp that normally runs quite warm. The tubes stay cool as a cucumber. O 2 Cool fans run very quietly, available on Amazon.
csontos Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,311 posts 09-10-2013 at 08:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete How does that change the sound, Geoff?
nickjn Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 111 posts 09-10-2013 at 11:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Some amp's come with a thermal controlled fan, it only works when needed.
csontos Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,311 posts 09-11-2013 at 12:16am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That's right. And some come with one that operates constantly. Some don't come with one at all. Hmmmm.