I've just bought a used Aesthetix Calypso preamp and I'm very happy with its sound. But I'm worried as it gets hot over the left side of it. The source of the heat is on the left side of the common board, just on the left of the AC cable channel before it enter the transformers enclosure. It's definitely hotter than on the right side, but not so hot that I couldn't place my hand on the cover over it.
In my piece, the tubes get a little warm, but some other components ( a transistor or a few capacitors) on the other common board, just to the left of the power cord canal, get quite hot.
Does an owner of a Calypso have noticed this specific issue?
I have a Janus and previously had a Calyso. The left chanel tube is much close to the left side than the right channel tube is to the right side....my left side is warmer than the right side. I don't believe you have an issue.
But the heat does not come from this board (with the tubes) but from the common board with the black smaller capacitors and the alone transistor that is between them, just on the left of the mains cable groove.
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