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small room... tube amp... summer

for those in relatively small rooms, how do you deal with the heat from your tube amp during summer? can i point a fan at it? any suggestions? it's really heating up my room and there's no AC in here! do i just have to bear with it or are there any practical solutions?
koven
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The fan will just spread the heat around, you would need to vent it out of the room quietly.
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rar1
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I run a Prima Luna PL2 with EL-34s inside a well vented bookcase in a 10X15X9 room. There is a MDF shelf about 10 inches above the amp which bears the brunt of the heat. I keep the windows open and there is a whisper quiet ceiling fan usually running at a moderate speed and tube heat has never been a problem. Granted I live in NYC (Queens) off of a bus route street, so I may have different expectations about how quiet the room will ever be, but tube heat is not a problem.

Best regards,

Rich
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sebrof
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That's one of the reasons why I switched to Hi Effeciency speakers and single ended amps.
polk432
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A light breeze from a fan will keep the faceplate and other metal parts from getting as hot. Just don't put it on high, and keep it several feet away. I have a Cary CAD 120's and it works fine. The V12R was another story, you could fry a burger on the transformer, so you need a big room for one of those. The Mac 275 runs very cool for a tube amp, but sounds more SS than tube. Tubes can be a bit of a pain, but to me they are well worth it. Good luck.
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