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Review on πŸŒ€ AC Infinity AIRCOM T9: Silent Cooling Fan System for Receivers, Amps, DVRs & AV Cabinets by Ryan Moran

Revainrating 1 out of 5

AC-Infinity Aircom-T9 causes interference blocking FM radio reception on receiver

I ordered this AC-Infinity Aircom-T9 (17" top exhaust) for my Onkyo-607 receiver. The Onkyo has always gotten warm, and I attribute its longevity to always running an "AVR cooler" on it.Anyway, I thought (at first) that the T9 was the "coolest" AVR -Cooler than I've ever seen or heard. That is, until I installed it and tried to use it. Shortly after I installed it, I noticed that instead of listening to 15 Texas FM radio stations clearly as I used to could now only pick up about 3. The other 12 now had excessive noise, not solid stereo sync, or just not strong enough for the Onkyo digital FM tuner to even find a signal.I have a new FM antenna, new arranged cables and even Tried some ferrite chokes before realizing that the Aircom-T9 was the problem. Disabling T9 completely solved the problem. I got to the point where I unplugged all the power strips and the home theater systems ACP UPS (a beautiful new 1000w unit with LCD and AVR). Only the Onkyo-607 and the Aircom-T9 plug directly into an outlet (for 15 amps)... the problem is back. When I unplug the T9, I get 15 FM radio stations again (as usual in stereo and crystal clear). Tip of an Onkyo AVR as a test. Works perfectly and does NOT interfere with FM radio reception. The issue only occurs when the T9 itself is powered on and is next to the Onkyo AVR. I also wanted to mention that while I installed the smaller S7 on the DVR shortly after purchase, the installation of the T9 AVR was delayed a few times. Months due to a family emergency with hospitalization (so he stayed packed in his box the whole time). And while I haven't specifically tested it (never gone that far), this T9 rejects so much EMI/RFI that I'd be surprised if it didn't negatively affect other parts of the receiver's sound as well (the analog parts, at least). I've never had to give a '1 star rating' to a product purchased from Revain, but as the T9 is totally unsuitable for its intended use (and had to be completely unplugged and placed in a closet) I'm now forced to to. Maybe I just got a bad one, but I think the buyer should beware. hp Please note that I'm not the only one having this issue with the new T9 device.

Pros
  • good
Cons
  • not best