danb
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Post by danb on Jul 4, 2015 20:36:02 GMT -5
I love the sound I get while in Class A (especially classical) but boy these baby's do generate some heat. I've always heard that heat is the enemy of electronics (spent a number of years as a Unix System Admin and we always monitored the temp of the computers) so I wonder if it is good to keep them in that mode for more than an album or two. Also thinking that setting up a small fan might not be a bad idea either.
Just concerned about the long term consequences of running them in that mode for too long.
Thoughts?
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Post by novisnick on Jul 4, 2015 20:50:04 GMT -5
As long as there is enough ventilation you'll be fine. 8)
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klinemj
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Post by klinemj on Jul 4, 2015 21:30:35 GMT -5
If you are concerned, add a fan. But, I see no reason for concern.
Mark
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Post by dudeisms7 on Jul 4, 2015 22:58:28 GMT -5
Class A is 80% heat, 20% efficiency.... So yeah that's a lot of heat. Some monoblocks could heat a room lol. But as long as the equip,ent has proper ventilation you should be fine.
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Post by Gary Cook on Jul 5, 2015 4:40:47 GMT -5
It's well known that Class A amplifiers generate heat hence I'm pretty confident that Lonnie will have designed and specified the hardware to handle whatever they generate. My rule of thumb is to allow the same air space above as the height of the amp itself. Hence my XPA-1L's have around 250 mm free space above.
Cheers
Gary
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Post by qdtjni on Jul 5, 2015 5:20:28 GMT -5
5 years warranty says it all.  |
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bootman
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Post by bootman on Jul 5, 2015 6:14:23 GMT -5
Nature of the design.
If heat was a concern for me I would never consider a class A amp especially in an enclosed rack.
Fans however are not a bad idea.
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