My B&K has some massive heat sinks but I still place a fan on it to draw cooling air through it. It seems each summer I need to do this. Am sure some of you do as such?
I agree with Elizabeth, run it hot. If the manufacturer thought the equipment is running too hot they would have installed a fan. I believe stereo equipment sounds its best when it is running at its normal operating temperature. It is also important for the temperature to be equal for all transistors in the output stage so they can operate the same.
It depends on the design too. I run a fan on some amps that run hot, and can shorten the caps lives. I don't like hot transformers either, power or output. If it runs real warm, I use a muffin fan, summer or winter.
Fans? We don't need no stinkin fans! (loosely quoted from Blazing Saddles).
I live in the desert southwest, A/C works for me. My Pass monoblocks run pretty hot but Nelsons designs account for this and seem to last for a long time. I don't need or like to leave stuff on 24/7. I'd say, just be smart.
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