Wanted to share my solution for the temp issue, got a slim noctua fan ,some metal feet and a usb to fan connector adapter that has a switch from ali express.
Stuck the feet and the fan to the bottom and the switch to the back with double sided tape, the fan comes with a low noise and an ultra low noise adapters (they lower the RPM of the fan), im using the low noise one at the moment and the fan is basically silent, the results are as follows:
In my 21-23C room using XLR, High gain and 100ma on my DCA E3s the amp gets to around 66C, when i switch the fan on, after about 20 minutes it goes down to 55C and stays there, i bet if i didnt use any of the low noise adapters id shave a few more degrees but i dont really see the need.
Adapter
Feet
(for some reason the links only work if i use middle mouse to open a new tab)
A small update after a month for anyone interested.
The double sided tape is holding firm, didnt change anything yet in that regard.
Gotta say, this solution works amazingly for me, its starting to get hot where i live so the real test has begun and the results are very good so far i think.
Now that the temp in the room is around 26C, the DCA E3's get the amp to about 58C at most.
But the real test here are my 6XX's, that with their 300ohm's, noticeably pull a lot more from the amp, before this mod, even in a 22C room it was impossible to stay at 100ma for more that lets say an hour, as soon as i plug them in, the temp starts climbing real fast( and btw, playing or paused doesnt make a difference to this amp), now though, in a 26C room, after running for a whole night, the most ive seen is 64C on the amp.
And all that is with the low noise adapter as ive mentioned in my original post, in the summer, when temp get even warmer, i can ditch the adapter and shave a few more degrees.
To conclude, i know there has been a lot of talk here about wether its acceptable for a 700$ product to need mods to function properly continuously, i get that and i agree that its not.
BUT, to me, the fact that i enjoy this amp as much as i do, made it worth not returning and looking for a cheap and simple fix, which this mod is i think.
So if you were pissed off( rightfully), and returned it, youre not wrong, tinkering even a little isnt for every one, but if you really like the amp, know there are simple ways to "fix" it, not just this way but a whole lot of other users' cool mods posted here
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P.S:
Couldnt find anywhere, what is the output
voltage of the XLR\4.4?
thanks.