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    Question Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Struggling for room for my Amp, but found a place for it if it stands on its side, like you can do with the xbox 360

    Would this be ok ?


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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Provided you keep it well ventilated, there's nothing I can think of that would do it any damage unless there are moving parts inside. Presumably it's just a lot of fancy circuits which aren't bothered about their orientation. Ventilation is a more serious issue, amps have (usually) a lot of high power circuitry that needs to dissipate a lot of heat passively and it's probably designed to be most efficient as it is - vents at the top for the rising air. What you don't want is for all the heat to collect on one of the sides (i.e. because you're standing it sideways) and overheat the components. This will be more of an issue if yours is passively (convection) cooled, if it's fan based i don't see any reason why you can't.

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    I ran my VSX1017 on it's side for a while

    As said, it's not ideal, but you can do it
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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Heat rises upwards, hence the vents on the top. If you really thrash the amp while it's on its side that might cause it to overheat. In normal usage, being on its side will do it no harm at all.

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    The Onkyo's have a reputation for getting quite hot (some models extremely hot) while running. I'd test it to see if there are any hot spots while running under load (volume + heavy load 5.1 action movie). Most amplifiers are designed to dissipate a lot of heat vertically out the top while drawing air in from the base and a little from the sides, so placing them on the side could notably disrupt the cooling.

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    I have the onkyo 605 and its my dedicated radiator. I wouldnt ever use it on its side tbh.....
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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rave View Post
    Heat rises upwards
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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Yeah, should be no real mechanical problem, but definitely check the heat issues.

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Onkyo have a reputation for running toasty so make sure there is as much ventilation around it as possible. If driven very hard it might be worth pulling it out & putting it on its side just for the sake of playing it safe.

    That being said iv got a Sony DG820 powering 5.1 Mordaunt Shorts and though sheer carelessness the receiver tends to be used as a place to put all my books & papers and its never complained.

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    If you're worried about heat becoming an issue you could always rig a couple of 120mm fans over the ventas to suck more of the hot air out

    What? Come on, this is a tech forum, isn't that kind of daft idea what it's all about?

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Quote Originally Posted by scaryjim View Post
    If you're worried about heat becoming an issue you could always rig a couple of 120mm fans over the ventas to suck more of the hot air out

    What? Come on, this is a tech forum, isn't that kind of daft idea what it's all about?
    thats the kinda response i expected... kudos sir
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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Quote Originally Posted by mmh View Post
    thats the kinda response i expected... kudos sir
    Well, it's what I'd do - only I'd probably take the case apart and rig them inside to hide them. Either that or I'd drill more holes in the Amp casing to let the excess heat out.

    I'm such a botcher...

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    Question Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Hay! I hope the fans idea wasn't a joke as I actually fancy doing that which would sort any overheating out.

    Should I have fans on the outside sucking out or fans in the inside blowing over the parts that get more hotter ?

    Or any other better idea ? - No I am no trying water cooling !! lol

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Vaperchill?

    How about one blowing in and one blowing out?
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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Infinite View Post
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    I was very drunk TBH.

    My mate used to have an Arcam Delta 290 which was prone to overheating when thrashing his massive speakers (World Audio Designs KLS3s IIRC). His solution was to remove the top cover, put the amp on its side, and aim a desk fan directly into the innards. It never overheated after that (although I daresay his neighbours might have overheated a bit as a result of the noise nuisance).

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    Re: Do you think you could stand a amplifier on its side ?

    Quote Originally Posted by jamieuk23 View Post
    Should I have fans on the outside sucking out or fans in the inside blowing over the parts that get more hotter ?
    I'm not sure what parts in what amps would generate the most heat, so unless you want to run it with the case off and touch everything to see what burns you I wouldn't suggest the latter!

    If you're going to stand it vertically why not have a couple of fans sucking cool air in at the "bottom" and a couple blowing the hot air out at the "top" (depending on whether you can get quiet enough fans, that is ). That should give you plenty of airflow across all the components. It may even be advantageous to block up the rest of the vent holes if you have active airlfow, to reduce cross-currents etc (but I'm not an expert in fluid dynamics, so that might be wrong).

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