Luxman 590axii ventilation

Can you move the entire cabinet forward a few inches.

I built a nearly full size floating back panel for mine. Removable, simply hung on a few blocks I put on the back.

1-1/2 inches clear space between the cabinet back and my floating panel. All edges open for air flow, dark color so you don’t see wires against a painted wall looking thru it. (matte black/brown spray paint would work, I had matching wood)

Then I could cut very large holes in the cabinet back, behind any piece of equipment, lots of air flow, and access to rear panels for wires. Very handy when messing with the equipment.

3rd photo shows the cabinet, you have no idea it’s back has been ’hacked’.

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9511

oh yeah, The whole cabinet is on wheels, wood skirt floats 1/4" above the floor, move a speaker, pull one end out, get to everything.

I just put 4 of these within the cabinet base, the weight keeps them in place

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Shepherd-6-in-Steel-Tri-Dolly-with-200-lb-Load-Rating-9299/100193474

I would never add fan noise in my listening space.

Would that be a theoretical or practical comment?

Most rooms have higher background noise that many fans on low. If the fans need to on high then the volume would likely mask any fan noise. 

pedroeb

preference

any content, no matter what volume, has quiet passages.

I designed office space for 46 years, and avoided 'white noise' which was a 'so called' solution, rather solved acoustics by design, layout, material's acoustic properties. 

I've had a computer in my video system for a lot of years, (not much use since tv's got smart), the case/processor chosen, the hard drive chosen, and both audio and video from the motherboard to eliminate a video card fan, and put it alone in a space with a lot of ventilation to minimize it needing to activate it's small case fan.

focused listening, I occasionally turn my forced air hvac system off even though the listening room is at the furthest point from the blower, and the vents are at the far end away from me.

I'm not spending all this money and effort getting the system 'better than ever' and listening to anything other than it's magic results.

@trentgordon, The Luxman 590 axii is a class A amplifier and get hot (hot and not warm).   This means the amplifier needs ventilation and should not be placed in closed cabinet.   I suggest at least 6" (maybe more ?) of clearance on all the sides and the top.   As noted above, a small USB fan could be used.  It is better to be safe than sorry.

The Luxman 590 axii amplifier is an excellent sounding amplifier so maybe you should consider a new cabinet that provide more space  around this amp.  Just a thought!

If you are unable to properly ventilate this amplifier, maybe you should consider the Luxman class A/B 509 amplifier.    

Hello,
The answer is no. Here is the user manual:
https://luxmanamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/L590AXII_AG00987E42A_en_press.pdf
At the beginning they give a warning of poor ventilation. They do not give the exact measurements. If you do a little scale math it looks like 4” on all sides is the amount you need. Even if you turn it in and listen for an hour you are probably destroying those capacitors.