So why are Heatsinks so bloddy expensive???

JCoffey · 20th November 2003, 12:14 PM

Just feels like a scam to me. I mean Heatsinks can run in the hundreds of dollars for a pair, yet you can buy a $70 car stereo amp from the pawnshop thats not too much different in size, and the whole blooming top of the case is a heatsink. So why so much? I mean it's extrueded aluminum isnt it? I know some are machined, but I mean come on!!!!

uli · 20th November 2003, 12:59 PM

simple answer

Uli

Nelson Pass · 20th November 2003, 04:17 PM

Why don't you just buy the $70 amp and steal its
heat sinks?

Leeuwarden · 20th November 2003, 04:29 PM

He can't buy that $70,- amp because a chipamp has (practically) no heatsinks...

joensd · 20th November 2003, 04:47 PM

Go for an amp from Passlabs.
Most of them have adequate heatsinking.

byteboy · 20th November 2003, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Go for an amp from Passlabs.

An amp from Passlabs at a pawnshop?

Where?
What Pawnshop?
When?
Will it still be there?

Steve Eddy · 20th November 2003, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JCoffey
Just feels like a scam to me. I mean Heatsinks can run in the hundreds of dollars for a pair, yet you can buy a $70 car stereo amp from the pawnshop thats not too much different in size, and the whole blooming top of the case is a heatsink. So why so much? I mean it's extrueded aluminum isnt it? I know some are machined, but I mean come on!!!!

Who's selling heatsinks for hundreds of dollars for a pair?

How 'bout $120 for a pair of these?

Minus the amplifier of course.

Machined and anodized and subject to availability.

se

JCoffey · 20th November 2003, 05:50 PM

Well, I guess thats my problem is that to me even $120 a pair is too much, since I cannot believe they cost that much to manufacture and package. I'm probably way off base, but I just dont think they're worth it. And it sux, cause you have to pay to play, and you cant skimp on the sinks.

BTW those sinks do look extra sexy, LOL

Steve Eddy · 20th November 2003, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JCoffey
Well, I guess thats my problem is that to me even $120 a pair is too much, since I cannot believe they cost that much to manufacture and package. I'm probably way off base, but I just dont think they're worth it. And it sux, cause you have to pay to play, and you cant skimp on the sinks.

Well the thing is that the companies that actually produce the extrusions haven't much interest in chopping them up and selling them as generic blanks, except for some of the small stuff intended to be used on a single device.

And they don't want to take a 10 foot bar and chop off a couple of pieces. They want to sell the 10 foot bar. And some of the bigger suppliers have higher minimums than that.

Lemme see what I can do for just a raw, cut and deburred sink.

Quote:

BTW those sinks do look extra sexy, LOL

Hehehe. Thanks. You should see the two-tone silver one.

se

Cobra2 · 20th November 2003, 06:15 PM

Quote:

How 'bout $120 for a pair of these?

I would concider it....can I also have the rest of that box with them?

Arne K

20th November 2003, 12:14 PM	#1
JCoffey diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA	So why are Heatsinks so bloddy expensive??? Just feels like a scam to me. I mean Heatsinks can run in the hundreds of dollars for a pair, yet you can buy a $70 car stereo amp from the pawnshop thats not too much different in size, and the whole blooming top of the case is a heatsink. So why so much? I mean it's extrueded aluminum isnt it? I know some are machined, but I mean come on!!!!

20th November 2003, 12:59 PM	#2
uli diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Vienna, Austria	mass production simple answer Uli __________________ 'Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny' F.Zappa

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20th November 2003, 04:17 PM	#3
Nelson Pass The one and only Join Date: Mar 2001	Why don't you just buy the $70 amp and steal its heat sinks?

20th November 2003, 04:29 PM	#4
Leeuwarden diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Netherlands	He can't buy that $70,- amp because a chipamp has (practically) no heatsinks...

20th November 2003, 04:47 PM	#5
joensd diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany	Go for an amp from Passlabs. Most of them have adequate heatsinking.

20th November 2003, 05:50 PM	#8
JCoffey diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA	Well, I guess thats my problem is that to me even $120 a pair is too much, since I cannot believe they cost that much to manufacture and package. I'm probably way off base, but I just dont think they're worth it. And it sux, cause you have to pay to play, and you cant skimp on the sinks. BTW those sinks do look extra sexy, LOL

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