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One SS amp running hotter that the other,. . .

should I be concerned? I have a pair of Classe CA301's that I bought at seperate times. I'm not running them in bridged mode. One seems to be quite a bit hotter than the other. Hot enough that you can't leave your hand on it for more than a few seconds. The other one is just very warm although not enough that you feel you have to pull your hand away.
dan_ed
jkeifer
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Yes I'd be concerned. Possibly the biasing has gotten tweaked on one of the amps (the hot one). What does the manufacturer say? Good luck!
ez2hear
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Might want to try switching the amps left to right and seeing if the same amp gets hot (problem with the amp) or the same channel gets hot (problem somewhere else).
dan_ed OP
2,451 posts
 
Thanx folks! Ez, I was just thinking the same thing, but I'm not holden out much hope. Only one way to find out.
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