small room... tube amp... summer

Small room, tube amp, summer heat, sold mine.
Like stated above, unless you have a SS for the summer, or know of one you like, then get used to the heat. I had a quad set of EL-34s that just roasted my 2nd story apartment even with the AC on. It had to go.

I am curently limited to a very small listening room (10' x 12.5'), and have a few comments to add:
1- all electronics get hot and will heat the room. Bif power tubes are worse but if you leave your SS gear on all of the time the net effect is the same. I just replaced my CJ Premier 11A w/ an Audio Note Oto. Much less heat from smaller tubes.
2- As 4est mentioned, a ceiling fan is of limited help. After a while you are basically roasting in a convection oven. You need to exchange the hot air for cooler air somehow.
3- Do not underestimate the amount of heat that you and the lights will generate. I have switched all of the bulbs in my room to compact fluorescents - I hate 'em but they make a big difference. Needless to say, you will appreciate a dedicated AC line if you do this.

Simple.... if they're big heat producing amps... don't be in the same room.

Neither of my tube amps, the Butler or Dodd MK II, put out so much heat the AC can't keep things under control.

using a small fan will eventually develop a new air flow pattern and aid cooling of the amp.

AS the input here regards a smallish room, large amps don't really seem in order, or the speakers ought be changed out probably.

A large wing span slow moving ceiling fan could be just the ticket too.... along with the aC of course.

I have a box on the other side of the wall that has the amps in it. It allows very short speaker cables to the speakers, and keeps the heat of the amps outside of the room.

I have a customer in Guatemala City who runs our biggest amp (42 power tubes per channel) day in and day out, without the need for air conditioning. He had some inexpensive ductwork added into the ceiling, that opens above the amps, which are on all day and all night. The hot air is ducted out of the room, there is a fan at the other end of the ducts that forces the air out. The room stays comfortable, even when its not so cool outside. He says it did not cost that much to do- and the system is very quiet.

Good sounding electronics are going to make heat. If you design your system around minimal heat production, the sound quality is obviously taking a back seat, and it will show. So I recommend simple approaches like the ones I mentioned above as they are low tech, inexpensive, and more effective than air conditioning.

A very practial solution would be to put a laptop cooler under the unit. There are cheap usb wall wart adapters, say $5, that will power the coolers, so you don't actual need a laptop.