What are your thoughts of the Tower design of amps

Dekay, you bring up a point I overlooked, placing a mono amp by the speaker, the tower design may be nicer. Of those that come to mind of the tower design, all are mono's but one.

Mark Levinson 33 and 33H monos
Classe Omega monos (I think thats the name?)
Theta Citadel monos
Red Rose Music (Rossette 1 Integrated)

I'm also with Brian- that tower design is more suitable for mono amp than for stereo that will eventually occupy less floor area.

I think you guys nailed it Brian. I've never seen a tower type amp that wasn't a mono-bloc-- and I do like the looks of the Levinson H amps and also Classe's new 200 and 350 monos. Cheers. Craig

I like it in the mono blocs,but not for stereo.I have a stereo Cary Rocket 88 tube amp with the two green tuning eyes.I never get tired of looking at it,especially in the dark.....beautiful.

An amp with a vertical configuration is better arranged for convection (rising heat causing air currents) cooling than horizontally arranged amps. This is because there is more surface area along the sides of the amp where the heat sinks are normally located. There is so much surface area that the manufacturer may be able to "hide" the heat sink and/or avoid having lots of sharp aluminum extrusions on the sides. With a well designed vertical amp a designer may be able to eliminate a cooling fan in a design that would otherwise require one.