by "Tim Perry" <timperry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 12, 2008 at 08:59 PM
<darrelldklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:9ca9d5dd-1705-4a51-850e-fd56dfac08f6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I just got a Crown XS500 off e-bay. It seems to work fine, but its
> fans sound like little whiney turbines. Not a big deal in a live sound
> environment, but still pretty loud. Way louder than my Altec 9444A.
>
> Does anyone have first hand experience with this amp to know if this
> is a sign if impending fan failure or is it normal?
> Thanks.
>
No first hand experience of that model here but if you do a search of
"Crown
XS500 fan noise" I think you will get the idea that its normal.