Hey everyone, I'm a fairly new member of the Outlaw family, having just bought the 1050 in April of this year. I love it, but there's just one thing that bothers me - it runs extremely hot!! Almost too hot to touch, but not quite. It sits in a Premier audio rack, open on all sides, with 3 inches between the top of the receiver and the bottom of the next shelf, so it should be adequately ventilated.

I've tried to set the impedance switch to 4 ohms, but it doesn't seem to help. I have 4 Bang & Olufsen S45 bookshelf speakers, with a NHT Audiocenter-1 for my center channel. All speakers are rated 6 ohms.

It 1050 feels to be the same temperature if it's playing a CD quietly in stereo, or blasting the latest DVD. Basically, I just want to know if everyone's 1050 runs hot, or what. I've been assured my Outlaw this my receiver is "running well within it's operational standards." Just a question I wanted to ask...

Thanks for any replies in advance!

If it makes you feel better, mine's been on for about six hours now (been stuck home sick today). It is a little more crowded than yours (reorganizing the old entertainment center to give it and the 750 amp some more room is on my "to-do" list), and has been doing *no* amplification -- I have a Model 750 to handle everything except the center surround channel, and I've been listening to CD's and watching TV so the center surround has gotten no use. The 1050 is several degrees warmer than the 750. Where the 750 is warm (I've put a thermometer on it, and typically the top of the amp is between 90F and 100F), the 1050 is actually a bit hot -- not too hot to touch, but hot enough to be uncomfortable.