PS Audio P5 owners--are the fans truly quiet?

I read that there are two fans underneath the heat sinks on this unit. Are they truly quiet, as PS says?

twoleftears01-18-2018 5:43pm

jperry Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,448 posts 01-19-2018 at 05:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @hifiman5 Are the fans on the P5 significantly more quiet than the fans on the PPP?
hifiman5 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,832 posts 01-19-2018 at 06:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @jperry For sure. The PPP fans were significantly louder and the sound was of a higher pitch. The P5 and PPP are completely different units. The P5 is built more robustly than the PPP. I actually had two PPP units. The first PPP suffered a regenerator failure as it could not handle the demands of my power amp. As I mentioned above, the P5 is cruising at 34% of maximum with my SACD player, SACD outboard power supply, preamp, phono preamp, Quantum Symphony Pro and my SmC Audio Revision A+ of a McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe. My PPP had 1.7% input distortion, .7% out. The P5 is 1.7% in .1% out.
jperry Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,448 posts 01-20-2018 at 01:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @hifiman5 Thanks for the information. I had a PPP and eventually sold it due to the fan noise.