Originally Posted By: jakewash
I wonder if it was that crackling/popping signal that was setting off the XPA-2? When you couldn't get much sound the signal was too low for the XPA to worry about, with a stronger signal it would sense the distortion and go into protect.


That remains my exact impression, for that reason to this day I have no reason to fault the xpa2, how can I blame the amp for failing to amplify a system defect that could harm the speakers?

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