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Originally Posted by crwilli
Sorry for the slight thread hijack.
My P10 gets warmer than the two MC2301s it drives. I find that interesting and wonder about the science of why. At a simple level, it is converting AC to DC and back to AC. Not sure why that is such an inefficient process to convert so much of that power to heat????
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I don't think it has anything to do with the P10's efficiency. The tubes in your 2301's have filaments (similar to an incandescent light bulb) which require huge amounts of power. My P10 is used in an all solid-state system and never gets hot.