HiFi in cabinet can it be good?

The topic is sideways on, but...

My home built PC has three "Quiet PC" fans, and damping pads inside, and they are quiet. The PC has to be quiet, it is in the room with Hi-Fi.

The Athlon processor does run hot and needs lots of air moving.

They aren't too cheap, and postage is a bit high, but you can try them :

www.quietpc.com

Sound on Sound magazine did a number of articles on making PCs quiet, which you might apply to cupboards, search thier archive :

www.sound-on-sound.co.uk

OTD NIN - Head like a hole

Steven Toy wrote in response to my question re. my NAP 90 on a paving stone on the floor,

"Should work provided that the paving stone isn't on carpet. Energy will simply be absorbed by the mass of the slab and not dissipated quickly away from the amp. The resulting effect may be a subjective slowing down of the music, and smearing of detail/definition."

Does this mean this slowing a smearing will occur if the paving stone is on a carpet but otherwise it should be okay? The paving stone sits on a placemat on my hardwood floor. Would I be better of to just put the paving stone on some penny's on the floor? Do lAck tables work well under CD players and amps or just TT's? Would a pre amp on the floor on a paving slab work well?l

Remove the placemat from under the slab. This will facilitate energy dissipation into the floor rather than storing it. Spikes under the slab would probably be better.

Preamps generally work better with space around them, and away from the floor. Ideally, they should be on a top shelf like source components.

"Brain" components, i.e. preamps and sources need more isolation than "brawn" components, i.e. power amps and PSUs.

A little experimentation is all that is required...

Regards,

Steve.

The proof of the pudding...

If it don't move, spike the fucker.