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

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.
ptss OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,964 posts 09-11-2013 at 04:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Cool is not to change the sound. It's o extend the operating life of the caps and perhaps the whole amp. Heat kills. Specifically I enjoy a Spectral DMA 180 and am happy with the sound-so would like to keep it a long time; without having to ship it across the US/Can border. Always some danger in shipping.