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Low-heat-output amp for Devore O/96

My Shindo amp/preamp combo sounds fantastic with these speakers, but during the sticky summer months here in N.C., my listening room gets uncomfortably warm, even with the central AC on. I've considered something like a First Watt JC2, but my understanding is these also put out lots of heat due to Class A operation. Any suggestions for a cool-running solid state amp that would sound good with the Devores?
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ladok OP
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Interesting suggestion, atmasphere, I will look into that. But I still need a solid-state alternative, not just for the heat (which can be considerable in my listening room with a tube preamp and amp going), but also because I tend to fall asleep when I've got the system on for reading and background listening. And sometimes it's for 2-3 hours. So I don't want to be burning up my precious tubes while I'm snoring away.
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atmasphere
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How about a timer on your AC outlet? Or a circuit that senses that when there is no signal for a while, it shuts off?

I used to live in Asheville and it got pretty humid in the summer. It does that here in Minnesota too. So far, I've not had to resort to solid state and my amps are class A and 60 watts... and the air conditioning has no troubles keeping up.
rhljazz
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A set of EL 84 tubes is less than 60.00.  The Leben makes no more heat than a solid state amp unless you go class D.  
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ladok OP
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Thank for another suggestion, atmasphere. It's not a matter of the AC keeping up. The problem is the thermostat for our AC/heat pump is in our main living room, a long way from my man cave listening room. So that thermostat will read the temperature of the rest of the house, which might be 76 degrees, while the listening room is much warmer. My room stays comfortable when I use my smaller system in there, which has a Croft integrated. I'll figure something out.
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