sub woofer amp hot on Vandersteen 5a's

My sub woofer amps on my 5A's are getting very hot. So hot that it is uncomfortable for me to keep my hand on the fins of the amps after they have been going for awhile. Is this normal?

keithmundy07-19-2008 1:59pm

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danlib1 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 819 posts 07-20-2008 at 01:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Why not ask Richard Vandersteen?
riley804 Details Discussions Posts This discussion 1,224 posts 07-20-2008 at 01:50am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Since it was both of us discussing this, I sent this member an email ( faster response ) suggesting the same thing that member Danlib 1 did.
rhljazz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,253 posts 07-21-2008 at 06:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Is the source digital or vinyl? If it is vinyl, perhaps the amps are overloaded attempting to reproduce subsonic rumble.
fjn04 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,561 posts 07-22-2008 at 04:26am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I played my 5A for a long session the other night. I felt the sub amp, and must say they were not warm at all.

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