whats actually funny is that if you really look at how cooling in electronic systems are designed you would be amazed at how much is "approximations" and "best practices" over spiffy math. Lots of software now to help but still lots of design with margin in case you screwed up. I suggest just following the MFG recommendations. Reason is someplace some poor engineer is figuring out the board layout from a thermal standpoint and he or she is using the recommendations from the component vendors anyway so when you get right to it everything is coming from the manufacturer of the descrete components. Only variable is how paranoid the integrator is feeling. cool discussion all.
Can temperature fluctuations affect audio gear?
Don't know about this...some owner's manuals say that you should allow equipment and tubes to warm to room temperature before using them, but this is different. My audio room is upstairs, isolated from the thermostat. Have to keep the door closed so the dogs don't venture in there and create havoc. Hence, in summer, the temperature in the room regularly goes to 85 degrees or so. In winter (like now), it will easily drop below 60 degrees. No need to worry about equilibration, since the gear is always in there, but should I worry about the temp fluctuations? Could get a baby gate to keep the dogs out, then it would stay 70-72, but otherwise, in winter a space heater is the only option.
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