Well, I thook this guy over to a friends place who has a HSU. Removed HSU and stuck the same cable into this Dali, same thing, barely any sound at all, just a muffled dub dub dub. I am getting it replaced under warranty so quite possible i would never get to know what was wrong with the unit. If I spend some $$, I can get someone to open it up and take a look to figure out but then Dali may not accept it back.

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