Right. The amp itself needs no cooling fan. Plenty of air flow even with a shelf above it. Which that, if anything, is what could use the fan. The shelf above it. Even then only the bottom of the shelf. Heat dissipates from the shelf, air flows around it all, and the component above just isn't going to get all that much hotter anyway.
But we live in a world where audiophiles set their system cooling thingamajigs to 77 degrees. I don't have AC, my whole house doesn't stay that cool in summer. My tube amp is just fine. Now me, I could use a fan!
But we live in a world where audiophiles set their system cooling thingamajigs to 77 degrees. I don't have AC, my whole house doesn't stay that cool in summer. My tube amp is just fine. Now me, I could use a fan!