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Super interesting, fascinating really..Makes sense that you want a large heat sink. 

I guess you could potentially make it smaller? and try design something that looks decent with fans if you didn’t go large heat sink? 

Looks beautiful. Silver and green surprisingly is growing on me. 


In your opinion..how did this rate in sound/listening experience against comparable options, and even way cheaper options?

when it comes to amplifiers, the amount of heat generated is determined in part by the topology. most modern solid-state amps are class AB, basically class A (lots of heat) until a certain amount of watts output then class B from that point onwards. the higher the class A bias, the sweeter the sound but also those class A watts are “always on” and generating heat.

great sounding amps often have a very high class A bias, in some cases 50W or more. so, no way around the huge heatsinks since you need to constantly dissipate that heat. fans are basically a non-starter given that they’re always going to be audible in a decent room.

in terms of how this system compared to comparable systems, I don’t think I’ve ever heard another $1M+ system. from the six figure systems I’ve heard, it’s definitely top of the heap for detail retrieval but I find the presentation too cold and analytical. the room also had a significant bass null where we were sitting which made the low-end response a bit anemic.

sounds like a beast of a setup! not sure i could handle the heat tho 🔥 maybe i'll stick with my cozy lil tube amp for now 😂