I like Herman's call. Try other speakers.
I'll bet it still gets warm.
Re bias makes sense as do output devices breaking down under heat / stress.
The temp of the output devices is much hotter than the heatsink and all it would take would be some bad / devitrified heatsink compound to really cook some transistors.
Also, please check out this link to the CS2.3 Thiel. This is the measurement panel from the Stereophile test.
IF this is your speaker, I wouldn't use a bridged amp for any reason. It is a demanding load with a pretty beefy low impedance dip and a pretty nasty hi phase angle, to boot.
http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/220/index7.html
I'll bet it still gets warm.
Re bias makes sense as do output devices breaking down under heat / stress.
The temp of the output devices is much hotter than the heatsink and all it would take would be some bad / devitrified heatsink compound to really cook some transistors.
Also, please check out this link to the CS2.3 Thiel. This is the measurement panel from the Stereophile test.
IF this is your speaker, I wouldn't use a bridged amp for any reason. It is a demanding load with a pretty beefy low impedance dip and a pretty nasty hi phase angle, to boot.
http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/220/index7.html