[Amps] tube cooling

[Vic Rosenthal]

Mark Beckwith wrote:

> Let me ask my question another way.  I have an Alpha 86 which is the loudest
> thing in my shack. 

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> Does anyone have any thoughts on quieting an Alpha 86?

My only thought is that you must have one heck of a quiet shack if an 
Alpha 86 is loud!  I have one (with the optional extra fan) and it is 
the quietest air-cooled amplifier I have ever had.

If yours is loud, perhaps there is a problem with the bearings in one of 
the fans?

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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