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1. I have heard that it is best to leave the amp 'on' all the time (or most of the time).
The amp gets very hot, even when the preamp is not on. Is this normal? Do you
turn yours on and off with every use?
I turn mine off with every use, but I also keep a cooling fan in the cabinet to extract the heat that it generates. This helps IMMENSELY with keeping it cool. Mine would get too hot to touch before installing the cooling fan.
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2. About 45 seconds after powering down, there are audible noises coming from
the speakers when the caps discharge, is this as normal as some say it is?
Mine has done that since new. I turn off the preamp first and the amp second to cut the signal to the amplifier.
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