Never: do you have a sound meter? If so, what was the reading and how far from the speakers were you?
I noticed, a month or so ago, on one of the boards a few comments that Yahama was having trouble with their HDMI ports. Have you experimented with HDMI switching, etc?
What was the top temperature?
The Rat.
M80s, VP-150, QS8s,
SVS PC 20-39+, OPPO,
Onkyo 703s, Harmony 880
Sony 60" SXRD HDTV