[QUOTE]Originally posted by charlie:

My 1050 runs hot too - I wonder if the amp section is biased a bit heavy into class 'A' or something on this design.[/QUOTE

I would be more concerned if it ran stone cold. I don't have any experience with the 1050, but as long as it's not getting obviously too hot to touch under idling conditions, I would'nt worry about it. Bias is almost always adjustable and can be measured by placing a DC voltmeter across the emitter resistors of the output transistors. However "don't try this at home" etc, etc....