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"The Heat Pipes are coming"... The Heat Pipes are

What is a Heat Pipe? and why you should care. A Heat Pipe( hp from hear on out)is a heat transfer mechanism that combines the principles of both thermal conductivity and phase transition to efficiently manage the transfer heat between two solid interfaces. And why should you in Audio-land care. In short the Heat Pipes (hp) transfers heat from audio equipment and audio listening rooms to make them both sound better. That's a bold statement for sure. But before you boil over and get ready to blast my post, remember there is Heat Pipe (hp) in the very computer or Laptop you are on right now. It's keeping everything in your computer cool inside so it can work as efficiently as possible. A hp contains no mechanical moving parts, and typically require no maintenance. The hp's are PASSIVE devices that are place on top of equipment and placed in your listening room. In short my dedicated listening room with sound reinforcement, diffusers, dedicated lines, and all kinds of isolation devices for my equipment. I Have never addressed the heat coming from my equipment. Since I have all solid state gear, I never thought it was necessary. But when I started putting the hp's on top of my amps near the transformer. There was a noticeable improvement. Then I did the same with my preamp near the power supply the same improvement. Then I put one on all 4 of my players, SACD,DVD-AUDIO,CD, CD 5-DISC players I was sold. The cherry on top was when I put the extra hp's around my listening room. IMPORTANT: I did not have to remove one piece of sound reinforcement when I introduce the hp's in the environment. They just make what's there work better. They look like Aluminum heat sinks with two copper tube coming out of them. I do have one that has 4 copper tubes in it, and looks to be all copper heat sinks included. I even have some that do not have any copper tubes at all , just all aluminium. The ones with the copper tube are better than the all aluminum ones everywhere I compared them at, which was everywhere. So let that Heat Pipe (hp) in your computer go to work and give me your feed back if you think like me that the "Heat Pipes are coming"... "The Heat Pipes are coming".
jejaudio

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magfan
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A class'a' amp which is designed with heatpipes in mind from the blank sheet of paper phase will be a much nicer animal.
Moving the heat into the room from the gear and doing so more efficiently and without noise is a good thing.

I'm working on a design of a sealed enclosure with heat transfer to help keep equipment cooler and dust free.
magfan
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No design details.
I have several interesting features in mind which I've not seen implemented anywhere at any price. I will be using allthread at the corners. NO MDF is planned and the heatpipes will need more research. As a clue to what will be made before the heatpipes....look up 'noctua'

And, Elizabeth, just like any real and functional piece of furniture, it won't be 'cheap' or cheapable.
I'm trying to build a skillset now, taking woodshop classes at the local JC. This place is Very Well equipped and even has it's own lumber mill. The shops include lathes, many table saws (cabinet saws) routers w/tables, a couple shapers, and jointer / planers, some of which are monsters off a battle ship and will take wood 8 inches thick and 31 inches wide. The classrooms and shop total over 30,000 sq feet.
I have the best instructors, but am limited for the next year or so until I can get to where I can build what and how I want.
Working on Google Sketchup, too, so I can draw what I want to make.

Do you mind if I PM you with some other details? I assure you that you will be surprised, but no telling anyone! I have not seen anything available like what I intend.
magfan
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GS,
cooler equipment has better reliability.
Some transistors sound better warmer. Most notorious was the driver transistor for the now ancient Phase Linear 400 which simply didn't sound right until warmed.

Your physics, however, about heat transfer is not quite correct. Heat sinks are rated in degrees c per watt. This means that the amount of heat dissipated is constant and that as the outside air warms, the device, too, warms to maintain the difference.
Active cooling CAN cool the whole thing off, but the temperature difference will remain the same.
Heatpipes should obey the same rules.....the thermal resistance will set a limit on how much heat...and therefore the temp difference, any setup can sustain.

I hope this helps::

http://www.johnhearfield.com/Eng/Heatsinks.htm
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