Stacking equipment and heat

[NeilGabriel]

Okay...now you will wonder how I have lived so long and not destroyed equipment. My HT stand (which is simply a huge HDTV stand) has only two shelves. I put the big ass amp in the lower shelf and the preamp in the upper second shelf. I stuck my DVD on top of the preamp. The preamp generates a lot of heat (which was news to me since I didn't realize this would happen). And the DVD always makes a little heat as well. I assume instead of just putting a spacer between them, I should just get the DVD player off the preamp, eh? The only real option is on a speaker....also bad idea, eh?

[dorokusai]

At LEAST do a spacer until you figure something else out. Anything cheap will work but I thought these were pretty cool and inexpensive.... http://avrisers.net/default.aspx

[F1nut]

You could move the amp to an amp stand on the floor, which would free up some shelf space.

[NeilGabriel]

Thanks for the suggestions (and this was not piss poor planning on my part--mostly)....just a cheap TV stand I bought a couple years ago. I'll see if I have clearance for a riser. I might even be able to move the amp, though I am not sure I can get it close enough without all new interconnects...in fact, I am sure I can't....I think moving the DVD would have to be the option...then a trip to the anti-christ of furniture stores....NFM...if you have not been to one, think big, very big. P.S. It is usual for a preamp processor to run warm...it seems to be much warmer than the amp.

[vonnie123]

DC Fans can assist the cooling process. I installed four of them on my setup which I purchased a couple of years back on ebay. My equipment runs a little warm, but nothing excessive.

[hearingimpared]

When I absolutely, positively have to stack because I've run out of rack space, I use Mapleshade Isoblocks (http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/audioproducts/isoblocks.php). They are about 2 inches high and they are light in weight. They are only $24 per four.

[snow]

At LEAST do a spacer until you figure something else out. Anything cheap will work but I thought these were pretty cool and inexpensive.... http://avrisers.net/default.aspx I use these myself, there made by a fellow over at the carver forum btw. Heres a pic.

REGARDS SNOW