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Sounds like you had a grounding glitch; loose connection...

It should not be necessary to turn the volume down at turn-on...but it is a good caution to turn it up slowly...

Good interconnects, especially gold plated connectors, do tend to oxidize over time. That oxidation causes resistance or an open connection. An open ground connection from preamp to amp, or even cd to amp, can blow fragile speakers.

Also, remember this fact. Low powered amps pushed to high distortion levels, can blow speakers as easy, or even easier than using high powered amps ! That loud ground buzz will easily push a SE amp to high distortion and possible speaker damage...be careful... and ENJOY !


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