The main question is that no one has posted the single objective fact about the main question - the typical and maximum temperature inside the box. Unless we have these values, people are just debating cosmetics and preferences, trying to mix a few well known basic reliability issues to dazzle the audience with their expertise.
Color me dazzled, as always I'm impressed with the knowledge and acute observation abilities of the forum members here,
amirm's work most notably here.
Your point about the actual temperatures is spot on, I mean how many amps of this size and power don't even have external heat-sinks?
I am a bit disappointed in the manufacturers comments, the heat sink looking like a sine wave - groovy and all, but why?
I like the shape, and listed many reasons why this pattern and shape could have hardcore theory behind it, but now it seems diluted down to a fashion statement or a trendy thing.
I even like the heatsink location, things which are mounted to the heatsink are in fact the heat generating sources. Sort of reminds me of walking too much and having to put your feet in a bucket of cold water to get the swelling down. Does it really matter what shape the bucket is, far more important that the mass of the water in the bucket is adequate to reach a lower temperature equilibrium desired.
Energy in, energy out sort of thing - I would not even call it a heat-sink, it's more of a
mass-sink for equilibrium. Speaking of, what is the equilibrium's running temperature?
Andre and his sidekick Johnny have shown such arrogance and ignorance in this thread, that I will have a hard time trusting anything they have to say in the future.
It is a shame that a personality defect in a reviewer would have an adverse or negative reflection on a non-affiliated manufacturer, but guilt by association is a common thing in our society.
I recently had the pleasure of spending an evening at Paragon Sight & Sound in Ann Arbor, MI. Michael Fremer and Myles B. Astor well known audio reviewers were in rooms number 1 and 2 respectively. I can say these gentlemen were refined, knowledgeable and experienced, with never a trace of the impudence/impertinence and the contemptuous cockiness shown here.
Andre, you would be well advised to model your behavior after someone other than Jeff D., like I said before he has a history of alienating people. You don't want to be like him, there is still time to change for the better.
