jvitez
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The house was empty, and I was casually listening to my system for a couple of hours. I inserted a Who compliation CD I'd had in my car and kind of forgot about for a long time. "Who Are You" comes on. Wicked grin appears. Preamp dial to 12 o'clock. Stat panels singing. Woofers visibly throbbing. Summits and 360 watts of Tripath power. Man am I groovin.' Having a blast. One of the best Who tunes IMO. I love the Who.
I'm immersed in the music thinking I'll have to play this again. Then: Roger Daltry starts singing to the left of the soundstage. Hmmm, I don't remember this happening before. I get up to check. Now total silence. Red light glowing on Bel Canto. Feels rather warm for a normally cool running amp. I check the Summits: both lights are green, no problem. I hit the reset switch on the amp and cycle it a few times, red light stays lit. I power down my Furman, leave for 10 min, then turn everything back on: back to normal. What was that?
I overheated my Bel Canto with the Who? That's never happened before. With 360 watts in 2 channel bridged, how could I have overloaded it and caused protection circuits to activate, or was it just heat? The sound was glorious, no clipping, no distortion. My previous Classe 70 ran quite hot with my much harder to drive Sequel II's, and would get harsh at high volumes but never click out like this. Granted I almost never listen this loud, but it still was disconcerting.
Any idea what happened?
I'm immersed in the music thinking I'll have to play this again. Then: Roger Daltry starts singing to the left of the soundstage. Hmmm, I don't remember this happening before. I get up to check. Now total silence. Red light glowing on Bel Canto. Feels rather warm for a normally cool running amp. I check the Summits: both lights are green, no problem. I hit the reset switch on the amp and cycle it a few times, red light stays lit. I power down my Furman, leave for 10 min, then turn everything back on: back to normal. What was that?
I overheated my Bel Canto with the Who? That's never happened before. With 360 watts in 2 channel bridged, how could I have overloaded it and caused protection circuits to activate, or was it just heat? The sound was glorious, no clipping, no distortion. My previous Classe 70 ran quite hot with my much harder to drive Sequel II's, and would get harsh at high volumes but never click out like this. Granted I almost never listen this loud, but it still was disconcerting.
Any idea what happened?