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Fred DeGrandis
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Registered: Mar
2002
Location: Rocky River, Ohio
Posts: 2113
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My
Whisperflow Hushbox
Review!
I have had my
projector for over a year now, and I love the huge crystal clear image it
throws. Sitting right under the fan isn’t terrible, but when I
heard about Whisper flow, I became excited knowing that the fan noise
would soon be taken care of. I did a search for whisper flow on the
forums and turned up more threads than I could read, all with positive
experiences with Dave and Whisper flow.
I decided to give Dave a call to see what he could do for me, and we
worked out a design that would go over my existing mount because I
already had everything mounted on the ceiling. We talked color, options,
and everything else that possible came to mind. I told Dave to give me
the fully-loaded model with every option, and within a day, he sent me a
written estimate outlining every different cost in the unit. The hush box
needed to serve several purposes in my setup. I wanted the hush box to
silence the fans, keep the unit at a safe operating temperature, direct
the exhaust fan away from me, and FILTER THE INTAKE AIR! Although the TV3 is a
wonderful projector, the lack of a filter makes one wonder what someone
was smoking during the design of this unit. With in mind, I had Dave use
Edmunds optic glass to seal the cabinet, filters for the intake fan, DB
reducing foam for the unit on the inside, a fear switch that wont let the projector operate unless the fans are
running, baffles to direct the sound and exhaust away from me, and much
more. I was happy with the price, and based on Dave’s reputation
around the forums, I knew that I would be very happy with my Hush box.
Fast forward now to delivery date (Dave custom makes every hush box per
your projectors specs, so it takes 2 weeks or so), and the box that it
came in was HUGE! I immediately grew nervous because I didn’t have
a clue as to how big this box was, so I quickly opened it up. I was
surprised when I opened the box up, because the unit was packed so well.
I have seen plutonium that wasn’t packed as carefully. It would be
safe to say that I won’t ever need to buy bubble wrap again. After
the twenty five minutes that it took me to unpack this thing, I was very
impressed with the build quality of this unit, and amazed at how heavy
this thing was. From the pictures, I was expecting it to be thin plastic,
but this was heavy duty material and it blended into my ceiling
perfectly. The box is built like a tank! Also, from comments from the
forums, I had a fear that the hush box would be an eyesore. My fears
alleviated when I saw the hush box on the ceiling, it almost has an art
quality to it.
Installing this wasn’t bad, but I did need two people to aid in the
installation. When everything was up, it was the moment of truth... Would
this box do everything that I hoped it would? As I turned on the fans, I
was very surprised to see how quiet they really were. To see if they were
on, I put my hand up to check and see(because I
couldn’t hear them at all). Everything worked as Dave had said it
would. The fear switch worked great, I couldn’t hear the unit at
all, there was actually a filter!!!, and the box
even killed the light spill that the Dwin has a
little of. It directed the exhaust fan away from me, and kept the unit at
a safe operating temperature. The Edmunds optic glass is really cool
stuff, If you hold it in front of your face, it
doesn’t look like anything is there. There is no loss in picture
quality when projecting through this stuff, and I highly recommend going
with the optional Edmunds glass on a hush box.
In conclusion, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend a Whisperflow hush box to anyone. My purchase was one
that I would do again in a second, and if I could go back in time, I
would tall myself to get one of these a year ago! I am very happy with my
purchase and my experience with Dave and Whisperflow.
Not only does his product quiet my home theater, but it also protects my
investment (no dust, and keeping the unit at a good temperature). If you
are considering going with a hush box, do yourself a favor and call Dave
now. Every time you are in your home theater, look up at the projector
and tell yourself that there is something that I can do about this noise,
and it is just one call away. Add me to the LONG list of satisfied Whisperflow customers.
I will post pictures later tonight
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Fred M. DeGrandis Jr.
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