And I am perfectly happy with the Silvretta, whereas others here find it uncouth, bad mannered, ugly and noisy.
All our findings, even with scientific data to hand, are at best empirical. Maybe we are attuned to slightly different frequencies, or the acoustics of the enclosures give differing results where the discrepancies in the noise reported are found? The variance in cooling properties could be down to a host of factors, from thermal paste and application technique, to case airflow, ambient temp, and even faulty units and plain just using the unit in the wrong application.
There will always be variables plus preconceptions based on price, brand pedigree and the herd consensus so no two installations or perceived results will be exactly the same, it is only ourselves that can decide if we are happy or not with what we use.
So fair play to the Engine, and by the same token fair play to the subdband budget offerings that actually do a decent job with little fanfare ( ouch, pun )
