Rega Elicit mk5 4ohm: overheating is real 😟

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Ex display should in no way affect warranty.......hopefully!
Having said that a lot of Rega products have their own little idiosyncrasies, if you can't live with them don't buy them. Plenty of other great products out there.
If the shop you bought it from told you it would work with your speakers demand a refund.

I bought the speakers after the amp.

 

[Al ears]

I bought the speakers after the amp.

You mentioned three dealers who said the amp would work well with your speakers.
Is that the reason you bought them?
Did you buy the amp from either of these three?

 

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You mentioned three dealers who said the amp would work well with your speakers.
Is that the reason you bought them?

Dealer 1 sells amp & speakers. I demoed the amp with some Elac Vela fs 407 (one model lower than the ones I bought, same ohms etc) and no a mention of struggles with heat over time.

Dealers 2&3 more or less dismissed my problem off-hand as the rega can drive 4ohm speakers. (To paraphrase badly)

 

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As these things do, the testing idea escalated a bit yesterday. I saw that Douk did this smaller a/b speaker switcher. With a 10% discount code it was pretty cheap. It’s bi-directional so something I can keep tucked away in case I want to test pairs of amps or pairs of speakers.

I also remembered part 2 of the experiment, so picked up a passive rca switch to use for something similar.

 

[DougK1]

That Douk switcher is a very handy piece of kit for not a huge amount of cash Got some nice gear on that site.

 

[Al ears]

Dealer 1 sells amp & speakers. I demoed the amp with some Elac Vela fs 407 (one model lower than the ones I bought, same ohms etc) and no a mention of struggles with heat over time.

Dealers 2&3 more or less dismissed my problem off-hand as the rega can drive 4ohm speakers. (To paraphrase badly)

You didn't answer my question

 

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You didn't answer my question

I demoed the 407 speakers at a dealer who also sell Rega using the same amp. That’s why I bought the speakers - I loved the sound & got an open box offer on the 408s so went for them sight unseen.

 

[Al ears]

I demoed the 407 speakers at a dealer who also sell Rega using the same amp. That’s why I bought the speakers - I loved the sound & got an open box offer on the 408s so went for them sight unseen.

And was this one of the dealers that said the speakers would work well with your amp?

 

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And was this one of the dealers that said the speakers would work well with your amp?

Yes.