An apparatus for styling hair includes a housing dimensioned to be held in a hand of a user, and having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan within the housing, a heater for heating air passing from said air inlet to said air outlet and an end cap mounted to the barrel adjacent the air inlet. The end cap includes an end cap frame defining an end cap axis and a reducer mounted within the end cap frame. The reducer is dimensioned to reduce acoustic energy. The end cap may be releasably couplable to the housing.