"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Jim Lesurf" wrote

e.g. Despite Sony being a regarded name I recently tried a DVD
recorder
from them. It had a cooling fan that was so loud that it was
distracting
when listening to dialogue on items recorded. This is absurd and
needless,
yet when I asked a local Sony center their reaction was 'they all do
it'.
They seemed not to think it was a problem, and clearly had no idea
that
quiet fans can be bought. Perhaps they think everyone is too busy
looking
at the pictures to notice the sound of a helicopter accompanying it.
;-


A further thought - if you are not averse, one thing you could try is
to have the lid off and line the tin with sticky 'acousting damping'
panels* (or floor tiles), if there's enough room?? It couldn't do any
harm - and ensure a good airflow over the machine, of course...


*Can't remember the name offhand but all the speaker parts people do
them.


I remember now - it's called 'Dedsheet'!

(How TF could I not remember a sparkly little name like that? :-)