On the low current rail it stays cold - really, feels less than room temp, but just because it is metal. Comports with the low wattage needed for normal sound principle. When the high rail kicks int, you can cook on it without a fan. The external fan is nice b/c you can easily unplug it if don't want to run it hard, and when running hard, you can't hear the external fans anyway.

You cold replace the internal fan without much work at all. but the cause of the noise is the cheap mounting system, not so much the fan, and I did not want to mess around with better options to mount the fan.

I'll try to look at those other amps. I should have taken a pic with the amp opened up.


Panny 3000 PJ, 118" Carada, Denon 3300, PS3, Axiom QS8, PSB 5T, B&W sub, levitating speaker wire