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"The Heat Pipes are coming"... The Heat Pipes are

What is a Heat Pipe? and why you should care. A Heat Pipe( hp from hear on out)is a heat transfer mechanism that combines the principles of both thermal conductivity and phase transition to efficiently manage the transfer heat between two solid interfaces. And why should you in Audio-land care. In short the Heat Pipes (hp) transfers heat from audio equipment and audio listening rooms to make them both sound better. That's a bold statement for sure. But before you boil over and get ready to blast my post, remember there is Heat Pipe (hp) in the very computer or Laptop you are on right now. It's keeping everything in your computer cool inside so it can work as efficiently as possible. A hp contains no mechanical moving parts, and typically require no maintenance. The hp's are PASSIVE devices that are place on top of equipment and placed in your listening room. In short my dedicated listening room with sound reinforcement, diffusers, dedicated lines, and all kinds of isolation devices for my equipment. I Have never addressed the heat coming from my equipment. Since I have all solid state gear, I never thought it was necessary. But when I started putting the hp's on top of my amps near the transformer. There was a noticeable improvement. Then I did the same with my preamp near the power supply the same improvement. Then I put one on all 4 of my players, SACD,DVD-AUDIO,CD, CD 5-DISC players I was sold. The cherry on top was when I put the extra hp's around my listening room. IMPORTANT: I did not have to remove one piece of sound reinforcement when I introduce the hp's in the environment. They just make what's there work better. They look like Aluminum heat sinks with two copper tube coming out of them. I do have one that has 4 copper tubes in it, and looks to be all copper heat sinks included. I even have some that do not have any copper tubes at all , just all aluminium. The ones with the copper tube are better than the all aluminum ones everywhere I compared them at, which was everywhere. So let that Heat Pipe (hp) in your computer go to work and give me your feed back if you think like me that the "Heat Pipes are coming"... "The Heat Pipes are coming".
jejaudio
metralla
945 posts
 
I haven't yet - but we need pictures!

Regards,
listener57
730 posts
 
There is an effect upon the sound whenever anything capable of resonating to "absorb" or "radiate" sound waves is placed in contact with a component or simply placed within the room's sound field.
This is the basis for a multitude of tweaks which appear for sale on Audiogon and in advertisements. Any audible changes due to positioning your heat pipes are not simply the result of temperature reduction.
Otherwise, you may have stumbled on a "benefit" of having to keep room temperature low when home heating costs rise :>)
gs5556
1,218 posts
 
Good Lord... another fundamental law of science that is altered when audio equipment is involved. Heat transfer depends on basically three things -- temperature differential, surface area and resistance (thermal conductivity). These hp's affect the surface area by adding a series conductor (like adding a window to a wall) to the equipment case. Fine. But turning down the thermostat 5 degrees or so will have a bigger impact on the overall heat transfer.

Does turning the thermostat down in your listening room have the same magical effect? No? Then neither will the hp's.

Also, putting these things in the listening room will not transfer heat. They will simply stabilize to the temperature of the room. (Both plastic and copper are the same temperature in the same room. The copper feels colder because it transfers heat faster from your fingertips.)

If you want to test this theory that heat transfer from hp's over audio transformers make a difference, place a thermocouple inside the chassis about a quarter of an inch above the xfmr (the thermal boundary layer). Note the temperature over an hour in a constant temperature room. Then place these hp's as directed. If there is a decrease in the ambient air temp over the xfmr, then maybe I'll go to the next step.
hifihvn
943 posts
 
Why not just use a power company utility supply transformer.
Take theirs out(transformer), put your amp in it, fill it with dielectric oil, and have everything liquid cooled? How's that for a different approach? Maybe I should hurry up and get a patent on the idea.
jejaudio OP
110 posts
 
Hi, Metralla. Let me just state what I have never owned. A digital camera, iPhone, ipad, Blackberry, mp3, X-BOX, WEE, Big screen TV, Home Theater system, sub woofer, never downloaded music off the Internet. I use prepaid phone cards only, never had a pay pal account or a Monthly cellphone bill. Never thought of joining My space, Face book, Twitter. I have never text ed a person. Don't like Lawyers, Bankers, and don't trust most Doctors. Run from people who love God to much or say there is no God. Out side of all that I'm just your average guy. And oh Ya' I'm not that great at spacing my post here on Audiogon (so I've been told). Now you say you want pictures. Google it, or reread this post again.
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