GS,
cooler equipment has better reliability.
Some transistors sound better warmer. Most notorious was the driver transistor for the now ancient Phase Linear 400 which simply didn't sound right until warmed.
Your physics, however, about heat transfer is not quite correct. Heat sinks are rated in degrees c per watt. This means that the amount of heat dissipated is constant and that as the outside air warms, the device, too, warms to maintain the difference.
Active cooling CAN cool the whole thing off, but the temperature difference will remain the same.
Heatpipes should obey the same rules.....the thermal resistance will set a limit on how much heat...and therefore the temp difference, any setup can sustain.
I hope this helps::
http://www.johnhearfield.com/Eng/Heatsinks.htm
cooler equipment has better reliability.
Some transistors sound better warmer. Most notorious was the driver transistor for the now ancient Phase Linear 400 which simply didn't sound right until warmed.
Your physics, however, about heat transfer is not quite correct. Heat sinks are rated in degrees c per watt. This means that the amount of heat dissipated is constant and that as the outside air warms, the device, too, warms to maintain the difference.
Active cooling CAN cool the whole thing off, but the temperature difference will remain the same.
Heatpipes should obey the same rules.....the thermal resistance will set a limit on how much heat...and therefore the temp difference, any setup can sustain.
I hope this helps::
http://www.johnhearfield.com/Eng/Heatsinks.htm