I bought the P-5ex used, of course, so I don’t know how long it went without power. But when I first fired it up and played a record, my impression was that of too much bass emphasis. A day later, all the recordings I played exhibited well balanced detailed bass. This morning I replayed Kind of Blue, a recording in which I previously heard excessive bass, but the bass was well balanced and detailed. I can only conclude that the initial bass emphasis was a result of the phonostage being without power for some period of time. It uses only 10 watts, so there is no on/off switch, and I assume it’s aimed at 24/7 power.
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