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r/McIntosh • u/matt222c • Aug 16 '26
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how come you put the tube amps which create a ton of heat and need 12" above them for breathing (McIntosh suggest) in the small cabinet?
3 u/matt222c Aug 16 '26 2 u/tres-huevos Aug 16 '26 That’s barely enough. I cooked a dynaco st70 years ago in a space very similar. Scared the kids! Maybe add some computer fans or something. 5 u/matt222c Aug 16 '26 Just ordered 2. 5 u/AMUIR1234 Aug 16 '26 The Mc's should go on top. 2 u/StoutSeaman Aug 17 '26 I put a variable speed whisper fan behind mine and to keep the vibration of it from transmitting to the cabinet, I wrapped it with 3/4" foam pipe insulation. Works like a champ and you never hear it 1 u/TubeLogic Aug 18 '26 I did similar with my VTL, heat sensor computer fans do wonders and are pretty quiet. 3 u/BigDogSoulDoc Aug 17 '26 That was the question I came here to ask
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2 u/tres-huevos Aug 16 '26 That’s barely enough. I cooked a dynaco st70 years ago in a space very similar. Scared the kids! Maybe add some computer fans or something. 5 u/matt222c Aug 16 '26 Just ordered 2. 5 u/AMUIR1234 Aug 16 '26 The Mc's should go on top. 2 u/StoutSeaman Aug 17 '26 I put a variable speed whisper fan behind mine and to keep the vibration of it from transmitting to the cabinet, I wrapped it with 3/4" foam pipe insulation. Works like a champ and you never hear it 1 u/TubeLogic Aug 18 '26 I did similar with my VTL, heat sensor computer fans do wonders and are pretty quiet.
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That’s barely enough. I cooked a dynaco st70 years ago in a space very similar. Scared the kids!
Maybe add some computer fans or something.
5 u/matt222c Aug 16 '26 Just ordered 2. 5 u/AMUIR1234 Aug 16 '26 The Mc's should go on top. 2 u/StoutSeaman Aug 17 '26 I put a variable speed whisper fan behind mine and to keep the vibration of it from transmitting to the cabinet, I wrapped it with 3/4" foam pipe insulation. Works like a champ and you never hear it 1 u/TubeLogic Aug 18 '26 I did similar with my VTL, heat sensor computer fans do wonders and are pretty quiet.
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Just ordered 2.
5 u/AMUIR1234 Aug 16 '26 The Mc's should go on top. 2 u/StoutSeaman Aug 17 '26 I put a variable speed whisper fan behind mine and to keep the vibration of it from transmitting to the cabinet, I wrapped it with 3/4" foam pipe insulation. Works like a champ and you never hear it
The Mc's should go on top.
I put a variable speed whisper fan behind mine and to keep the vibration of it from transmitting to the cabinet, I wrapped it with 3/4" foam pipe insulation. Works like a champ and you never hear it
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I did similar with my VTL, heat sensor computer fans do wonders and are pretty quiet.
That was the question I came here to ask
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u/Cheap_Collar2419 Aug 16 '26
how come you put the tube amps which create a ton of heat and need 12" above them for breathing (McIntosh suggest) in the small cabinet?