In article , TT
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Again it makes it very difficult to evaluate because it has a noisy
power supply so straight away I have a negative opinion. One of my pet
hates is 50Hz hum :-(

Mine also. Indeed. I regard it as unacceptable that domestic audio
equipment should produce *any* 'mechanical noises' which can be heard in
normal use. This is one of the reasons I have a distinct aversion of units
that have things like cooling fans or hard discs. They may be 'quiet', but
that isn't necesarily the same as 'silent' or 'inaudible'. Even some CD
players/drives in my experience make audible noises produced by the disc
rotation.

More than one of the items I have bought, I had to dissassemble to fit
various acoustic damping materials, or to alter the physical constuction,
simply to stop the item making noises that were a distraction in use. Given
that this generally only takes a bit of thought and/or 50p-worth of
materials I find it depressing that manufacturers don't all do this as
routine.

FWIW It also baffles me that magazines often review products which can make
such noises, yet make no reference to it whatsoever.

Slainte,

Jim

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