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A fan in a 60wpc stereo amp? Monarchy SM-70 Pro amps deliver 80 watts of Class A power (120 into 4Ω) and run fine with no fan. I doubt these amps are as efficient as claimed if they need a fan to dissipate the heat.
Driving a pair of Sonics Animas, it sounded agile and authoritative. The Animas are admittedly not a difficult load, but Perkins was getting bass and dynamics out of them that were better than I was able to achieve in my listening room, where I found them mighty impressive. Maybe Perkins' set-up wah is more powerful than mine, but I bet the amp helped a lot.