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Mathew_M



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« on: March 26, 2003, 04:10:34 am »




No I'm not talking about taking sides on either the AVA or Odyssey battle but those who have experience with an amp that has a built in fan to cool.  The AVA modded Hafler 500 amp I'm looking at buying has such.  The seller says it is about as loud as a computer fan when idle. This seems too loud to me though he says that he doesn't notice.  My setup is in a small room and I do listen to a lot of subtle stuff.

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Pez



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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2003, 05:07:00 am »




I had the same problem with my QSC power amp. The fan was as loud as a computer fan which is completely unacceptable.  The reason I kept the amp is because you can buy an ultra quiet fan and mod. the QSC.  Once the new fan is inplace the amp is completely inaudible from the listening position. Perhaps there is a low noise fan you can have put into the modded hafler.












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Mathew_M



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« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2003, 05:49:51 am »




...not sure about the low noise mod.  I will ask Larry from AVA.  I was all set on buying this amp until now.  Damn, there's always a catch.












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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2003, 06:48:23 am »




Those 20db fans are amazingly quiet.  You can just hear a slight whirring in a dead quiet room. Anything louder than that and you'll be kicking yourself.  I know I was when I got my QSC.  Thank goodness they OKed the use of a Panaflo. The stock fan was still audible with the amp in a nearby closet but with the qui