[triode12]

I have been having weird issues with my 5SE for almost a year now. Each time the problem is different.

First was the a channel imbalance which went away after a few weeks.

Then on/off switch started functioning intermittently. That happened 3-4 times. Each time I bring it back to the store I bought it from, they test it and they can't find the issue.

The last time, they replaced the logic board and when I got it back, the volume was stuck at 30 and the Mute switch would not work.

I take it back and again they cannot find the issue. The unit was shipped back to the Distributor and they tore it apart and put it back together again and still the problem would not appear.

Tonight one of the store managers delivers the unit back to me and we hook it up.

Now the system(Ref250SEs driving Apogee Stages) is very soft set at 40 on the dial (measuring 60db on my iPhone app) and I have to crank it up to 60 on the dial for it to measure 80db on the app.

I distinctly remember that anything over 40 on the dial was very loud previously. Is this this the same for other owners? Or am I imagining things? Should the gain be so low when the dial is set to 40? The volume level suddenly jumps up when the dial is between 45-50,