A pleading request to manufacturers of amplifiers and preamplifiers.


 At this time I would like to make a pleading request to manufacturers of audio electronics.  Please in the name of all that is holy stop putting sharp heatsinks on the outside of your devices. In the decades that I have been involved in this hobby the collected skin that has been carved from my toes, ankles, fingers, hands, wrists, forearms, etc. is equal to the combined weight of a professional football team. The blood I have lost could have saved the lives of 100 hemophiliacs. I have come to fear my own devices as if they were the vampires or werewolves of legends. Can you not round the edges, put covers over them or locate them inside the case? Freddie Krueger has not inflicted as much carnage as the combined horror of all this equipment. The combination of 50 lbs. of transformer weight and 6 square feet of rabid heatsink is a guarantee of laceration when moving any of these monsters. So if anyone out there can hear me I am begging, pleading, will pay for, changes to this abominable practice of covering your products with ravening metal blades lusting after our flesh.Thank you.
shashanka
When I opened this thread I never thought I'd see the word circumcision used in a sentence but there you go.  

Class D anyone?  
I tried to make a humorous post but seriously my gear slashed me again today and just 2 weeks ago the same.. 

My advice, do NOT go into classic cars!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ryP1-QyvI
Looking for a power amp that has no heat sinks, no sharp edges, doesn't break the bank and is small and lightweight? 

I have one for you. The three tubes get hot...hey you can't have everything.  It has one input, a power switch and a volume control. No instructions required. No power cord included so those of you who like the "fancier" cables can choose your own. I have one in my living room cranking out tunes right now. So here it is:

https://www.tubedepot.com/products/tubecube-7-stereo-vacuum-tube-amplifier

It does play nice with vintage tubes. I am using a Raytheon 12ax7 black plate on the input tube and a pair of RCA 8bq5 power tubes (6bq5 with an 8volt heater). I also have a pair of Amperex 8bq5 tubes.
I agree, having worked with electronics for 50 years , it’s just not asking that much to round the edges of heatsinks and early on they always did. It’s a cost saving measure.Ben