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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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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
I used to pack my tube amps during summer and unpack them when things got colder now I use only SS amp.
face
516 posts
 
This is part of the reason I went with tube preamps and Ice amps.
missioncoonery
1,215 posts
 
I had the same issues.Pretty simple, sell the tube amp and go with a nice SS amp.You will also save $$ not having to buy those expensive tubes
semi
649 posts
 
buy a decent SS amp for summer, keep the tube amp for rest of the year.

w/o tube, you will never be happy. if you are never happy, why bother to have any stereo at all?
mechans
3,048 posts
 
I never understood this problem. If a room is hot enough to be uncomfortable I guess a tube amp could be a focus of your misery. I own 8 output tube amps in two systems running class A and if you a close they are very hot. It seems as though you need better overall temperature regulation for your room. I have been fortunate to have very quiet central air and a sub grade cool basement.
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