Emax

I've just imported some EMAX II samples into the Esynth, rev 4.62, 
and found some sounds haven't translated too well.
Seems to be the filter settings that suffer. The Esynth's 4 pole 
filter and Q settings, looking like they translated well, with a 
precise frequency rather than a 0-120 Fc number, sounded thinner, 
lacking weight and bottom end. Although there's a good selection of 
filters, I haven't been able to exactly recreate the original sound.
Any theories on this ?

Has anybody been bothered by the noise of the Esynth rack's fan ? 
It's not just the whirring but the whining as well. I replaced mine 
with a Papst but didn't get much improvement, so have disconnected 
it.  There's a lot of free space inside and ventilation on the power 
supply casing so I'm hoping it should be OK. 

One final question, regarding removing or disconnecting Emax 1´s hard 
disk, is it an easy job disconnecting it internally ? 
Have other users been bothered about the output level of HD noise ?
I have an external zip that I prefer to use but will I have to boot 
from a floppy as the zip is configured for scsi 5 or 6 only.

regards
Lyn