My big issue with Papst fans has always been the stunningly poor consistency. Out of a batch of 5 you'd get one really good one, one with bearing noise, and three with The Click of Death. Order just one, and its a roll of the dice. I haven't seen any evidence that the situation has improved; if anything it's rumored to have gotten worse with their outsourcing of the manufacturing. (which was also the downfall of the L1A's)
That's the real reason the overpriced Nexus' have become so popular...they're cherry-picked for consistency.
If QuietPC can get their importer to allow them to cherrypick, it may be very interesting. If not, I'll likely save my money for Vegas instead.
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