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Different amps for summer and winter?

I live in Southern New England, where the temperature gets to about 100 on the very worst summer days, and falls to below 0 in January or February. I've wondered, half seriously, about having two sets of amps -- a pair of class A babies to warm up my listening room in the winter, and a very cool running set of, say, class D amps for the summer months. Is there anyone out there who actually does this?
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danielk141
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I have the Rowland 625 for listening September through June.
I use the NewClear amp in the summer.
Here in Phoenix, this is a necessity. My 625 keeps my living room 2.0 to 3.2 degrees warmer than the rest of the house, according to my atomic clock & the remote sensor that came with it.
Last August, we had a record 116 degree day here. My A/C was running 26 minutes on & 10 minutes off, to keep the house at 77 degrees, at 3:00 in the afternoon.
I really appreciate my ICE amp, when it is hot out!
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
I used to have this kinda madness having VTL MB100 for winter and Sunfire SRA for summer.
Decided to keep Sunfire for both of seasons because sounds better in both cases.
rhljazz
1,250 posts
 
Yes, see my systems. I'm still running the tube set up. We have only had a few days above 100 so it's not that hot yet.
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syntax
2,193 posts
 
I use Lamm M1.2R for Winter and Lamm ML2.1 for Summer.
peterayer
1,382 posts
 
I have a friend who owns the Pass XS150 and the XA100.5. He used the former last Winter and plans to use the latter again this Summer. At least that is the plan because the XS is much hotter. I'm waiting to hear if he has switched over yet.
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