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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
mikewerner
119 posts
 
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I had a thought on these Heat Pipes.
What they are doing is acting as Helmholtz resonators?
They could be creating a sharply tuned suck out.
That would be audible and could be construed as an improvement in sound by someone, perhaps?
Otherwise, I can't figure it out, otherwise.
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csontos
1,311 posts
 
Jejaudio, how do you reconcile the fact that amps have a specific optimal operating temperature with your attempt to operate them "cold"? I have numerous amps, all SS a/b. All of them need at least three cuts off the source material to start sounding good. But they all sound best when they're "cookin", so to speak. Well above their warm-up temp. The output transistors need to heat up. You can't even take technical measurements cold. To maintain a constant offset you'd have to literally refrigerate it. An amp has to stay within it's thermal boundaries - to + in order to function within it's design parameters. BTW, how old are you? I mean no disrespect. I just want to add that when I was young(that's actually a tune), I would do literally "anything" in an attempt to improve the sound. I became known as "The Butcher". After considerable destruction and subsequent reflection, I'm now much wiser. From my experience I would say attempting to keep the gear relatively "cold" is not a good idea unless it relates to passive speaker cross-overs, however that's an inherent design issue of a technology who's demise IMO is overdo. Yikes!
jejaudio OP
110 posts
 
Hi, Csontos.

I'm old enough to know not to get into a heated (pipe) discussion with a person who's nickname is "The Butcher". So for safety reason I'll just say your right about everything you mentioned in your post.

And I mean everything!!!

All the stuff you talked about, "Specific optimal operating temperature" and "Constant offset" and "Thermal boundaries" and "Design parameters".

I can not reconcile any of it.

And please remember Csontos, "I mean no disrespect".But I "Done Got Old" (that's actually a tune as well) with tying to explain (defend) something that I really understand how it works.

But I am old and wise enough to know that once known as "The Butcher, always The Butcher.
csontos
1,311 posts
 
Good luck.
jejaudio OP
110 posts
 
Hi. all. It's been over a year since I first posted about using Heat Pipes on top of my equipment, and also in and around my listening room.

I am reporting what was true then is truer now. The Heat Pipes when placed on top of every type of unit be it a Preamp, Amp, CD, DVD, Processor or Dac makes it sound better. Just one Heat Pipe per unit except the Preamp/Dac that I use. It sounds best with 2 Heat Pipes (go figure).

I am using a couple of types of lager Heat Pipes as "Sound Pipes" all around my listen room. These larger Heat Pipes along with the standard Heat Pipes have greatly enhanced my listening pleasure over the past year.

So Happy 1 year Anniversary Heat Pipes, and many more to. come.
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