Bass leaves after amp warms up?


I don't understand-after my Musical Fidelity M6i amp warms up for about an hour I notice the deep bass & kick drum aren't the same.
They sound less musical with loss of weight/depth.The notes are there but the moving of air have left.Sound is has much less impact and boreing.
I had the same problem with Bryston amp so there is no defect with amps nor with the rest of my equipment/
PSB Synchrony one speakers,AQ cables,Bryston CD Player.
My question has anyone heard similar & is there a plausable reason?
fishing716
On two consecutive set of speakers?
Others would have found problems if this was prevelant in PSB speakers.My hearing is very good but the drop in dynamics is night & day.
PSB Synchrony one' speakers are rated top 25
Csontos, I did read it but never experienced such big effects from wrong bias. There might be some temperature effect on Mosfets' rds(on) but I cannot imagine why amp would suddenly play fine again after changing source or moving speaker wire. I was asking if the same power cord could be the cause but no answer. I was suggesting trying in different building to isolate the problem, but got no answer to that as well. I'm out.
I used stock,Kimber & audioquest powerkords with no benifit.
I am unable to play my system in a different building but that would certainly be illuminating.
Peter (Csontos), your point is an interesting one.

But in this case, given that we now know that the problem has been observed with two different speakers (having similarly low impedances; here is the plot for the Synchrony One), and given that the specs on all three of the amplifiers are not suggestive of strong performance into low impedances (the M6i has no 4 ohm spec; the B135 has no 4 ohm spec in the manual, although there is one at the website; and none of the three amps are rated to double power into 4 ohms), I'm now thinking that the problem is simply that none of these amps can hack it with these speakers. And that raising the bias, if it is practicable to do so, would risk damage.

Not sure what else to suggest at this point.

Regards,
-- Al
Kijanki, its not about incorrect bias. Its about current limiting due to temperature.

I always liked the MOSFET and later types of amps over the earlier bipolar designs because they sounded smoother. But one thing I didn't like about them was that the bass would dry up shortly after you started playing them.

Now two amps have been involved but this could still be the issue. However Mapman made a good point earlier- a dirty selector switch (on the preamp) or the like can also dry up the bass, but IME there are usually other symptoms- like noise when you operate the switch. It could also be an intermittent cable, but I would again expect other artifacts- hum or a squeal. Loose speaker cables could do it, but I would expect the signal to also occasionally drop out entirely on one channel.

One telling thing is the problem appears to be in both channels. This strengthens the idea that it could be power related, but likely not due to a power cord.

You might see if the problem shows up at a certain time of day. If yes, power coming into the house is indicated.

Here's something to try: Next time this happens, stop playing the system for about 1/2 hour but *don't* turn it off. After 1/2 hour play it and see what it does. See if you can repeat the process (have it go bad, 'rest' the system and have it be OK).

Plan B: when the bass dries up, shut off the stereo and let it sit for 1/2 hour. Play it until the bass dries up. Make a note of how long it takes for that to happen.

I am still really suspicious that this is current limiting due to heat in the amp; these tests will confirm. Of course, you could put a fan on the heatsinks and see if that fixes it.

Good Luck!