The question from the Clic manufacturer: which of my components run warmest and to which degree does this need to be addressed?
The cabinet will be wall mounted, but the back will have an open character to assist in inner ventilation and cable dressing through the compartments. They can either have vent opening on top or bottom and or even be fitted with a fan.
Also, I can opt for some compartments not to have doors.
It will have room for 8 (4x2) compartments and be 55cm deep.
It will support my 333, 332 and two 350s as well as my rega phono and an avr.
Power amps in particular can run hot if you work them hard, but digital electronics tend to be warm all the time, so often need more ventilation.
I would avoid any back panel to the cabinet, and have the base as open as possible too. This will help with ventilation if it’s to be restricted by being completely closed off on the visible top, front and side panels.
Obviously a lot will depend on the ambient temperature in the room. If you like it warm, or live in a hot climate, things are bound to be more difficult.
Playing at high volumes, using inefficient speakers or filling a large room all make the system work harder.
350s are fan cooled, so you may not need additional forced cooling. Still, the heat needs somewhere to escape to, so anything you can do to let air pass in and out of the cabinets is going to help.
The other 300 series boxes are not fan cooled, just the 350s. Still, you may be fine. I would try to avoid using a fan if possible, at least to start with. You could always add one later if required.
Hi @RexManning, in my system which includes the NAC332 and NAP350s, the preamp runs marginally warmer than the poweramps - but the tempratures of all three, always seems low.
I had my boxes when I started Naim journey in a cabinet, with everything hidden. Looked very nice. I had no back to the cabinet and the front doors had cloth fronts within a wooden door, so had aome ventilation. The system ran quite warm neverthess as there isn’t a great deal of air flow, only from the back.
I had 82, 2 HiCaps and 250CB. The 250CB would sometimes cut out due to overheating if played loud.
One of the Hicaps ran warm as well.
If your boxes run cool now then it may not be a problem at all. But I would expect heat to build up more and the boxes to be warmer.
Quite a few on here have their system in cabinets and probably have no problems.
Hi… I had custom built cabinet too but I had an open gap of 10 cm behind the cabinet to the wall for cable dressing and also for ventilation . My 350s are inside the open slot with no back closed up too. So ventilation is adequate and also , sound runs more freely too . Hope this helps . Just an idea but it works well for me … equipments stays cool all the time even w 8 hours of listening .
I think if you go down cabinet route this is the way to go. Allow 10cm gap at back and have the back of the cabinet open to get as much vetilation as possible.
