The front is one of the warmer parts due to the VFD display heaters. Back on the topic of audio quality, are you adjusting the volume on the transporter at all? Do you notice it sounds louder or softer than the other transports you use? A very small volume difference can mean a lot to your ears when it comes to audio quality.
It might be worth doing this: Get a pink/white noise track and play it back on different sources. You can measure the output to your speakers either with a SPL meter or by directly measuring the voltage across the speaker terminals with a good digital multi-meter. -- SuperQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70132 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles