Re: [ARSCLIST] fan noise in yamaha rx-v740

[Michael Ridderbusch <mridder@xxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately I sampled the Moeran quartet in Eb.

>>> dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx 8/29/2005 11:54:08 AM >>>
Unbelievable. I don't suppose it would help to suggest playing only
quartets in
E Major (Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Paganini)?

dl

Michael Ridderbusch wrote:

> Perhaps someone knows the answer to this.
>
> I recently purchased a top of the line receiver by yamaha,
> the rx-v740, only to discover that its fan produces an audible e
below
> middle c
> which makes it useless to me when listening to chamber music, or any
> music
> where amplitude has peaks and valleys.
>
> Is it normal for the fan to be audible?
>
> Is this a design trend, or are there superlative amplifiers out
there
> without fans,
> or at least without noisy fans?
>
> If a fan is noiseless, will it get noisier with age?