And already a SAM related problem...

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So, we can assume this is a general problem with SAM as several users are reporting this. SAM should handle 'overload' gracefully and inaudibly (apart from reducing bass output at high levels to protect drivers). Devialet needs to look at the code to see what is happening here. If SAM1 and 7.1.3 does this properly, something has changed in newer versions.