How hot do a pair of Pass Labs X600 amps run ?



According to Pass they idle at 600 watts.
I'm not an engineer, but my research translates
600W to 4,000 BTU. What have owners experienced?
Thanks.
jadew

Showing 1 response by john_l


I have an X350 that I leave on continuously. It's roughly the same as one x600 monoblock. The top is slightly warm but the heat sinks are usually around the 'mug' temperature of a 3-5 minute old cup* of coffee.

I would say that it generates

A) Less heat than my ARC VT-100, old Aleph 2's, and likely
my BAT VK-5i tube preamp.

B) More than my old 185 W McCormack DNA-1, 200w Ayre V-1x,
and all 100-200w non-aleph amps I have used.

C) Around the same as my 4 KT88 tube AES 25 tube amp, and
possibly my 2 300B tube Cary 300-SEI

* The cup is glass, 3mm thick, green. My employer's stunning interpretation of an inspirational and appropriate substitute for employee pay increases. Rather pretty.

** Actually one of a set. The other being utilized as a spit cup in the upstairs bathroom.

*** Now that I think about it, I am strongly considering migrating the first away from coffee duty, and into a new role as a receptacle holder for decimated shellfish casings. Opinions ?