damacman
Resident Psycho
Sometimes, you have to walk out of the room and then back into the room to realize just how loud you're playing when it's clean. As for heat, that is a normal byproduct of playing with the power guard lamps flashing. Even the best Class AB designs convert 35% of what they consume into heat. Normal. Keep in mind that a Class AB power amplifier runs at it hottest at 1/3 power. So, spirited jam sessions like you describe are, on average, right there. Worry if it shuts off. It's a Mac with a warranty!First impressions: There is a smoothness, and 'silkiness' to the mids that I have finally experienced at 'party Level' volume, (as our friend, Tony might say.) Interestingly enough, the amp doesn't seem to be that loud - ....that is, until I noticed things falling off of the shelves. The first track that I played was the Beatles' 'Savoy Truffle', and I had the power guard lights flickering, and the meters going past the 450 watt mark. Still sounded perfectly clean. Didn't even stress my Cerwin Vega (Don't laugh) XLS-215's.(read reviews on these speakers)
The amp seemed to become too warm too fast. I shut it down, and changed to the 4 ohm taps. (Speakers are 6 ohm) Seems to be running cooler now. I'm going to leave the amp run for about 3-4 days straight (Mostly at idle) to accelerate any possible break-in.
I'm going to sit in from of this beast for the rest of today, and enjoy myself!
Have fun.