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Why do my Amps do this?

I have a pair of 140 wpc tube amps. Last night when I shut them down (after 3 hours of listening), I noticed that when I flipped the left switch my left woofer moved out and then in. Same happened on the right side. So I waited a minute or two and powered them back up. Same thing--each woofer "took one breath." When I powered them up this morning (after sitting idol for 7 hours), this did not happen. But everything sounded fine. I never noticed this happening with my last amp (45 wpc). Does this indicate a power surge that I should be concerned about? Thanks.
randalleron
carl_eber
1,425 posts
 
Sounds like DC offset, to me. It's likely supposed to be like that. Why not e-mail the manufacturer, and ask?
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Try muting the pre first, then power off,till you find out.
123f59e
1 posts
 
do u have a cable box @ home? if so, it's grounding.
jtran
26 posts
 
I had the same problem in my system before.The problem was in my Audioresearch LS 2B.Try to find out if this could be the problem with your preamp.
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