edit: PlayStereo has provided a refund, a very credible, no-hassle retailer. I will be buying from them again.
Now, should I bite the bullet and wait for a PA7 (not learning my lesson here...) or are there any similar-sized and priced alternatives with balanced inputs I can feed my E50 into...
Chiming in to say that my PA5 also seems to be failing. I bought it on December 2021.
The windsweep sounds from the speakers started fairly early, but I discarded this as something all amps do on powerup (it's my first setup, pretty new to all this).
Also, either R or L speakers would pop when...