Altec,

Thanks for the replies.

Not knowing a great deal about what I should be noticing other than the sound degrading or something just not working at all; I too have no idea why this occurs and wouldn't even know what to ask a local repair technician to check out, plus I don't want to lug this stuff in and still have to pay them to find nothing wrong.

All I know is; It doesn't seem to be a problem as far as performance goes, I first noticed this difference in temps about 5 or so years ago, when I bought my first set of speakers that allowed me the option to bi-wire and explained how in the user's manual, (Paradigm Monitor 9s.) Nothing has noticeably degraded since then, in fact all is much better since I switched out my Rotel RSP-985 with the Outlaw 990.

Oh well; mine was only a shared observation with my gear only. Maybe I can find a way to contact someone at Carver and see if they can tell me anything about these older amps. --- Mike