Kishore,

Thanks for letting me know that. This is your old 861v6.

I wonder if it is from the way I use the 861. I have a 'master' switch as you walk in the room and it powers up the whole room etc. All the speakers go into standby and the rack powers up. Same when I leave the room at night... I press OFF on the MSR and of course the speakers go into 'standby' and the 861 turns OFF and then when my PJ turns off I shut down the whole room via the master switch.

So basically it's like you pulling your wall plug every time you don't use it. I would think it should be ok since it is technically 'off' but maybe this is what is causing mine to possibly fail?

Just a thought really.

Theatre Room: Sony 4K VW500ES, 861v8+ID41, HD621, DSP6000's, DSP5000C, DSP5000's, Oppo 205, Sat STB, XBox One X, Stewart Cinemascope Screen, QNAP TVS 1271U-RP (96TB) with Sooloos/Roon core pkg.