SummerTime and Amp Heat


My B&K has some massive heat sinks but I still place a fan on it to draw cooling air through it. It seems each summer I need to do this. Am sure some of you do as such?
barroter

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I agree with Elizabeth, run it hot. If the manufacturer thought the equipment is running too hot they would have installed a fan. I believe stereo equipment sounds its best when it is running at its normal operating temperature. It is also important for the temperature to be equal for all transistors in the output stage so they can operate the same.
I agree with Bombaywalla. Heatsinks get hot because they are doing what they were intended to do.