how loud is Avalon Rainier fan?

I'm approaching my 3rd season with a freestanding Avalon Rainier stove, which I like very much. one nice change over its predecessor, a Tempwood, is that because of the jacketing on the Rainier, it delivers much more heat convectively which heats my upstairs a lot better.

I'm thinking about putting a fan on the stove to further increase the convective delivery. considering whether to use the stock setup that Avalon sells for it or whether to create something on my own.

price is one consideration - the Avalon unit is pretty pricey, but would probably save time over dinking around on my own.

even more so, I'd like to have the fan be as quiet as possible. anyone care to comment on the noise level from Avalon's fans? if I did my own setup, I'd probably start with a small computer cooling "muffin" fan on a speed control - and I think that would be close to inaudible ...

thanks, Dave & Craig. appreciate getting some first hand feedback rather than a sales rep telling me "sure, it's real quiet!"

looking at Avalon's website, I only see the rear mounted fans shown for the freestanding Rainiers. the insert version shows a front mounted fan as an accessory. from what I can make out of the knockout location, it looks like the rear mount would tend to blow air up and around the back/sides and maybe a partly under the bottom and out the front, while the front mount would blow it under the bottom, then up back & sides.

any sense of one being quieter than the other? (that would be my primary desire as I highly value not having mechanical noises as part of the background in my home). I'm thinking that a fan in the rear might be a little less loud just based on location.

and do you know will the front mount fan for the insert work on the freestanding stove?