PS audio power condtioners....fan noise?


I am considering a power conditioner. PS Audio seems fairly high on most people's list. I dont live near a dealer to check this out for my self. I have read various articles and posts about their conditioners... reading between the lines, it seems that have a fan and it produces noice (makes sense if they do have a fan)....anyway, I have a cpu in my listening room that is about 10 feet away from my critical listening position. The fan is VERY audible to me. When I am doing serious listening I have to power it down.

Any input from the esteemed gallery would be greatly appreciated.
kyneo

Showing 1 response by elberoth2

The fan is indeed audible. It is not that noisy as a stand alone computer (there are at least two noisy fans afterall) but I could easly hear mine from 10 feet away.

Fortunately there are at least 2 ways of solving this problem.

One is replacing the stock noisy fan with a high quality one. I got a Papst fan from a computer outlet, that was DEAD quiet. I set me back 20$ (the one the sits in PP costs probably <1$).

The other is disconnecting the fan altogether. It can be safely done on P300 (early ones came with no fan at all) provided do not draw more than 100W from it. I got that info form PS Audio, FYI.