Ice fans for listening during warm/hot days

A little trick I have used for years is a 240 volt fan (like a small PC box fan) running at 120 volts so it is half speed and practically silent. If you need more airflow then this won't do it. I set it over the tubes on my preamp and with the perforated lid it pulls air through and out of the tube area.

This is all for naught once the A/C kicks on in my room and the airflow noise is annoying for several minutes. Win some. Lose some.

I always wanted to rig up a duct to the attic space to totally exhaust the hot air. But I don't have enough component heat to justify that fun project.

For maximum quiet airflow, you would want as large of a fan as possible, moving slowly, rather than a small fan spinning like crazy.  Think of the difference between the airflow of a Big Ass Fan in a larger room, vs 1 or many more smaller fans running like crazy, moving the same volume of air, but making a lot of noise doing so.

Can you install a large ceiling fan rather than using a smaller desk fan? 

If you live in an environment that isn't too humid, you could also look into evaporative cooling.  Those can be quite effective at cooling a space with relatively low cost and doing it quietly. 

I had a mini-split installed in my listening room. It's quieter than the fan that I was using.

Yes mini split is the way to go basically silent.

I searched out an extremely quiet fan for my bedroom, maybe good for audio also

Just Curious, are you running hot tube gear?

hahahahahaahahaha,I read the title & thought you were asking for Class D "Ice" amps for summer listening,which makes more sense to me than a fan blowing over blocks of ice...

IF you can successfully run a de-humidifier in the space prior to listening, that can get the space more comfortable, the opposite of blowing over ice.

How about Dyson?I see their adds touting how quiet & powerful they are but never tried one...