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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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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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