quietest fan to use inside my enter ctr cabinet


whats a high quality quiet fan that can be purchased to keep in the back of my enterntainment center to cool off my receiver, and amps, etc.
goldenears7

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Hi Goldenears7

How much do you want to spend per fan and what size of fan are you looking for? I primarily use 120mm computer case fans from Antec or Yate Loon to displace air from my audio cabinet. I was blowing are left to right over my amps at the time and needed 8 total fans, 4 on each side. These are budget fans that are about $6 to $7 each. I got the Yate Loon fans from CoolerGuys and the Antec fans from a computer store by me who does comp case mods.

Here are some specs of the Yate Loon.

RPM: 1300 +/- 10%
CFM: 44.5
dB: 20.8

Now all these fans require an AC Adaptor and the appropriate power connectors.

The quietest fans that I've experienced are Nexus, Noctua and Scythe but the price per fan is $12 to $22 each. I had them in different PC rigs where the desktop was about a foot away from me and they were dead quiet.

good luck with the search
Hi Goldenears7

I don't know if you found fans that would cool all your gear but here could be another solution to consider.

Antec VERIS series A/V cooling fan.

http://store.antec.com/Product/cooling-media/av-cooler/0-761345-75007-3.aspx

It can be found for a lot less than stated above and is quiet.

They use a regular 120V plug and they do not accept a trigger cable.