Guest Anonymous Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 For all you Crown XTI owners, how do you deal with the fan noise? Its beginning to wear on me a little. Does anyone have any quick solutions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Does anyone have any quick solutions?Yes - mount the amplifer(s) on a faceplate-high tilt, as if you are using a mobile professional mounting cabinet (like I use in my profile). The induced air convection from back to front cools the amp(s) enough to prevent the amp's fans from ever coming on at all - unless I'm playing at greater than 105 dB @ 3 meters. Trust me: it works, and I probably live in warmer country than you do. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I use Panaflo low flo fans in my QSC PLX amps. Dead silent (the fans are rated at about 20 db or so). Digikey sells the fans and they are not very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 it works, and I probably live in warmer country than you do. no idea what your talking about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 it works, and I probably live in warmer country than you do. no idea what your talking about... Your welcome to come and visit anytime between december and March...Were pretty much snowed in most years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Newegg sells fans, and you can narrow the selectrion down by CFM, db, and size. There are some very quiet fans available. I replaced the two 8cm fans on the side of my HT case, and it made a heck of a difference. Another thing you can do is put an auto fan controller on. I have both on my HT. My Crown AMP is noisey, but it is in the shop, so I hardly notice it. edit: Here are the fans I bought: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999199 24 cfm, 14 dba, no stupid lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 The XTi-1000 generates 930 BTU at 1/3 power of pink noise at 8 ohms. I can't find the data on the fan volume in these. If you have a thermometer, you can measure the temp coming out of the rear and see if she's running too hot. I'd bet the fans are fixed on high for extreme duty in high ambient temperature environments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 The only time my XTis fans come on is during the startup cycle, never while listening in the 3+ years I've owned them. These amps fans are variable speed and should not be running full blast with the speakers you are using, if at all. If I were you I would go onto the Crown website and see if there are firmware updates or settings you can adjust with System Architect. Temperatures can be read from the front panel display and I have never seen mine go over 35 deg. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Mine must be on full when it turns on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Does anyone have any quick solutions?Yes - mount the amplifer(s) on a faceplate-high tilt, as if you are using a mobile professional mounting cabinet (like I use in my profile). The induced air convection from back to front cools the amp(s) enough to prevent the amp's fans from ever coming on at all - unless I'm playing at greater than 105 dB @ 3 meters. Trust me: it works, and I probably live in warmer country than you do. Chris Chris, this worked great, no fan noise. only fan i hear now is the PS3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [Y] Cool [H]... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noway Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 1/24/2012 at 11:26 AM, Chris A said: Yes - mount the amplifer(s) on a faceplate-high tilt, as if you are using a mobile professional mounting cabinet (like I use in my profile). The induced air convection from back to front cools the amp(s) enough to prevent the amp's fans from ever coming on at all - unless I'm playing at greater than 105 dB @ 3 meters. Trust me: it works, and I probably live in warmer country than you do. Chris Can anyone explain what a faceplate-high tilt is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 On 9/18/2023 at 10:50 PM, noway said: Can anyone explain what a faceplate-high tilt is? I think he raises the amp from the front faceplate at an angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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