"The Heat Pipes are coming"... The Heat Pipes are


What is a Heat Pipe? and why you should care. A Heat Pipe( hp from hear on out)is a heat transfer mechanism that combines the principles of both thermal conductivity and phase transition to efficiently manage the transfer heat between two solid interfaces. And why should you in Audio-land care. In short the Heat Pipes (hp) transfers heat from audio equipment and audio listening rooms to make them both sound better. That's a bold statement for sure. But before you boil over and get ready to blast my post, remember there is Heat Pipe (hp) in the very computer or Laptop you are on right now. It's keeping everything in your computer cool inside so it can work as efficiently as possible. A hp contains no mechanical moving parts, and typically require no maintenance. The hp's are PASSIVE devices that are place on top of equipment and placed in your listening room. In short my dedicated listening room with sound reinforcement, diffusers, dedicated lines, and all kinds of isolation devices for my equipment. I Have never addressed the heat coming from my equipment. Since I have all solid state gear, I never thought it was necessary. But when I started putting the hp's on top of my amps near the transformer. There was a noticeable improvement. Then I did the same with my preamp near the power supply the same improvement. Then I put one on all 4 of my players, SACD,DVD-AUDIO,CD, CD 5-DISC players I was sold. The cherry on top was when I put the extra hp's around my listening room. IMPORTANT: I did not have to remove one piece of sound reinforcement when I introduce the hp's in the environment. They just make what's there work better. They look like Aluminum heat sinks with two copper tube coming out of them. I do have one that has 4 copper tubes in it, and looks to be all copper heat sinks included. I even have some that do not have any copper tubes at all , just all aluminium. The ones with the copper tube are better than the all aluminum ones everywhere I compared them at, which was everywhere. So let that Heat Pipe (hp) in your computer go to work and give me your feed back if you think like me that the "Heat Pipes are coming"... "The Heat Pipes are coming".
jejaudio
I got to say, this is a hugely entertaining thread. I even had a few laugh out loud moments!

I am just a layman and by no means an expert but as usual Al, Elizabeth and a few others have let logic prevail.

How on earth can a device reduce the temperature of something if it is not in contact with it? Just plain silly. I understand how a fan works, a device excluded from my statement!

I am going to hazard a guess here: it seems the OP notices a difference when HP is placed over transformers and power supplies. HP contains copper. Other than dampening vibrations could it effect RFI/EMI or stray fields of some other unknown force resulting in the difference the OP hears?

Sebrof, perhaps Noble100 could fashion some type of strap for you!

Best,

Dave
I don't think you could convince a lot of people who posted in this thread to try them. Quite a large amount of them prefer the on 24/7, to keep their equipment warm. [http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1299025008&openusid&zz]
Corazon you actually can reduce the temp of stuff without contact by ways other than a fan. Not helpful for us but radiative heat transfer only need a temperature delta and view to work. the old school arabs, before light polution, used to be able to make ice in the desert by digging a hole and putting a bucket of water at the bottom. the water only "saw" the night sky (ie. deep space) and the heat transfer of that was enough to form ice on the water. I tried putting my amp in a hole in the back yard last night but could discern no audible effect. Maybe it's my cables.
^^^ I think that is how you GET water in the desert, but it will not make ice!!
Someone once told me "That guy could sell ice to an Arab." I always wondered what the heck he was talking about 'till now.