Quiet Amp Cooling Fan

Fatigue can become knockout as well!

Is fatigue only audible? Perhaps here on Audiogon!

Czarivey, I had audible fatigue "without" wifey waiving a feather!

Rx8man, I think you meant fatigue :).

I hate to say it but if you are in a smaller room that is really quiet, any fan is going to be heard. There is no way to kill it. I have tried.

Vornado Zippi. Cloth blades, small and dead silent. Amazon.com
has them for under $20 with free shipping.

Place a thermometer in the area of your amp. I doubt it gets hot enough to need a fan. Especially if you have an open type rack.

What makes you think you need one? I looked at your system and it appears you have enough space between the components for them to cool normally. If you still need something Corsair makes very quiet cooling fans.

Czarivey, long-term listening may cause side effects.

Anyway you can vent the amp by raising it a little to offer more convection? I didn't see a mention of a cabinet, but I have two McIntosh amps in cabinet and have cut some larger 3" holes underneath and above, so as not to interfere with the footing of components and have no heating issues. I had one of the amps go into protection due to heat a few years ago and since I created more air movement, I have never had an issue. I found that the natural convection draws in cooler air as the hot air escapes the cooler air displaces it and everything runs cool. And no noise!

Noctua makes nearly dead quiet fans from 40mm - 120mm.

http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=produkte&lng=en

I am waiting for the first non air cooled systems. I imagine a remote compressor and a coolant radiator. Condensate and a bevy of other engineering issues will need addressing.

wife waving a peacock feather fan next to amp.

Laptop coolers are the best, low cost, quiet.

http://www.coolcomponents.com/

I tried fans from a few different mfrs and found from these folks best cooling and most quiet.