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Amps that don’t impersonate space heaters.

There have been some epically hot periods in metropolitan Chicago this summer. I have had a long running affair with a pair of Avantgarde Uno s2’s and don’t really require a great deal of power. I have two dissimilar but equally compelling amps (a Pass 30.5 and a BAT vk-56) both prodigeous producers of heat creating a sauna like environment in my library/listening room the HVAC system not withstanding. What, if anything, have you boys and girls found that might replicate the qualities of my beloved amps minus the potential for 3rd degree burns and heat prostration?
Cheers and good fortune to you all. 

williamjohnston

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curiousjim
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I bought a pair of used PS Audio BHK 300’s. They do run warm, but unless you run them hard, they don’t get burning hot. According to Paul, the P in PS Audio, the first 5 watts are class A. Because their input stage is tube, you can roll a couple of tubes and change the sound of you want or need to.

All the best.

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