[dflee]

Thinking about adding some to a few pieces of equipment. Would it retain heat or would the equipment be not affected (even if the equipment doesn't have vents on top). What doeseth the knowledgeable think?
Sorry if this is a repeated question.

Thanks
Don

[TRADERXFAN]

Electronics or speakers?

[randytsuch]

It will act as an insulator, so if you add it to a metal cover it could retain more heat inside.

You don't need to cover an entire surface to damp it though, you can just add strips or pieces of material and it would still damp things out, just not as much.  This would reduce the insulating effect.

How hot does this equipment get?

[dflee]

Mostly electronics, cdp, dac and pre. I've got a friend who swears covering the inside top case cover changes things dramatically. The amp does get rather warm and is a class A/AB but the others remain pretty cool throughout.

Don

[cheap-Jack]

Hi

Thinking about adding some to a few pieces of equipment. Would it retain heat or would the equipment be not affected (even if the equipment doesn't have vents on top). What doeseth the knowledgeable think?
Sorry if this is a repeated question.

Thanks
Don

Adding equipment should not be a question. Please place them SEPARATELY from each other, NOT directly on top of each other or even touching each other.

One thing I would never do is to place one equipment directly on top of another even if it gets a strong (metal) cover to support the newly added on equipment. It doest not matter it is an CD player, preamp or power amp.

Needless to say, NEVER place any equipment, however light be it, directly on top of a power amp. Any power amp needs free-air ventilation (even if it was a class A/B design) & the vibrations, from micro to moderate, generated by the power transformer(s) &/or O/P transformers (for a tube power amp) may affect whatever equipmemt seated directly on it.

Also NEVER place a CD player directly on top of another CD player or the like with a mechanical drive. Even only one is operating at a time.

FYI, all my light-weighed components, CD player, DVD-audio player, Blu-ray audio player are placed on its own shelf on the HARDwood audio rack, all 'floated' on steel spikes or tuned tip-toes.  The heavy tube power amp is placed on the fully carpetted basement concrete floor 'cushioned' by a 3" thick natural granite block. This takes away of foreever heavy load of the power amp on the audio rack.

c-J

[randytsuch]

Mostly electronics, cdp, dac and pre. I've got a friend who swears covering the inside top case cover changes things dramatically. The amp does get rather warm and is a class A/AB but the others remain pretty cool throughout.

Don

I like to keep my stuff as cool as possible, makes it last longer, but other than the amp, I don't think the dynamat will have much effect on temps, those component shouldn't dissipate very much power.

If you do the amp, I would do strips of dynamite, so you won't add a much on insulation to the cover.

[WireNut]

It will act as an insulator, so if you add it to a metal cover it could retain more heat inside.

Guess that's why they designed it for loudspeakers. Diffidently wouldn't work in my preamp, that thing gets HOT HOT .

 

[dflee]

Any glowing recommendations or is this a tweek that just eats time and money.