external cooling fans

ronnie
ronnie Posts: 150
edited February 2007 in Electronics
i just have to post this because its one of the best investments i have made in my a/v journey. i have a windywillys 4in cooling fan atop of my yammie and boy does it work to perfection,....www.windywilly.com...my reciever use to run pretty warm.....now at any volume even at -10dbs..it runs cold to the touch. i think more people shoul invest in a fan to keep their amps and recievers longer. heat is the enemy. it cools it better than the yamahas own fan......
Yamaha RX-V2600
Adcom GFA555 x 2 :D
Yamaha CD685 cd changer
Yamaha Dvd c950 dvd changer
Polk RTi12 mains
Polk CSi3 center
Polk psw303
Polk RTi6 (surround and surround back)
Acoustic Research 12in 200 watt sub(8 years old and still hits hard:D)
WindyWillys cooling fan (works great)
Mitsubishi 52in big screen
blue jeans cables
AR interconnects
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited February 2007
    I have two windy willy's and they've been great...I was actually considering buying another only because after about a year now one has gotten a little loud.

    They are both off when I listen to two channel but when the family runs the receiver for movies in 5.1 they keep everything cool in the rack - no worries. The Onkyo can get reallllllly hot even with the amp taking care of the mains.

    Rich
    Analog Source: Rega P3-24 Exact 2 w/GT delrin platter & Neo TT-PSU Digital Source: Lumin T2 w/Roon (NUC) DAC: Denafrips Pontus II Phono Preamp: Rega Aria MK3 Preamp: Rogue RP-7 Amp: Pass X150.8 Speakers: Joseph Audio Perspective 2, Audio Physic Tempo Plus Cables: Morrow M4 ICs & Audio Art SC-5 ePlus, Shunyata PCs Misc: Shunyata Hydra Delta D6, VTI rack, GIK acoustic panels
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  • aba4430
    aba4430 Posts: 80
    edited February 2007
    ronnie wrote:
    i just have to post this because its one of the best investments i have made in my a/v journey. i have a windywillys 4in cooling fan atop of my yammie and boy does it work to perfection,....www.windywilly.com...my reciever use to run pretty warm.....now at any volume even at -10dbs..it runs cold to the touch. i think more people shoul invest in a fan to keep their amps and recievers longer. heat is the enemy. it cools it better than the yamahas own fan......

    Do you have it mounted to your rack/cabinet and it exhausts the heat out? How is it powered? Via a 12V DC adapter?
    Thx,
    aba
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited February 2007
    If excess heat is an issue this is a great idea. Just remember that the components in some amp/rec are designed to operate their best at a certain ambient temp. Believe it or not there is such a thing as over-cooling. You certainly won't damage anything, however in some cases you may actually be diminishing performance by having everything stone cold. Just something to think about.

    The tweaker in me just had to throw that comment out there :) .
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • ronnie
    ronnie Posts: 150
    edited February 2007
    aba4430 wrote:
    Do you have it mounted to your rack/cabinet and it exhausts the heat out? How is it powered? Via a 12V DC adapter?
    Thx,
    aba
    it sits atop of my reciever on the right side. i opened up my reciever and the internal fan blows thru left to right so i guessed it would work best on that side. it sucks the heat right out, you can feel the heat blowing up and away
    Yamaha RX-V2600
    Adcom GFA555 x 2 :D
    Yamaha CD685 cd changer
    Yamaha Dvd c950 dvd changer
    Polk RTi12 mains
    Polk CSi3 center
    Polk psw303
    Polk RTi6 (surround and surround back)
    Acoustic Research 12in 200 watt sub(8 years old and still hits hard:D)
    WindyWillys cooling fan (works great)
    Mitsubishi 52in big screen
    blue jeans cables
    AR interconnects
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