Guess I'll just spend $40 and buy this http://www.ebay.com/itm/1000W-2-4-8-16-ohm-aluminium-shell-braking-resistor-resistance-Dummy-Load-Audio-/251332826290?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3a849a94b2 It's the cheapest option I have found and the simplest. Cheap tube resistors only go up ...

Thanks for the info and yeah I guess that makes sense why it is mentioned in the 1200.1 manual but not the others. I actually just found this link in another thread about the tripath chip. http://www.altser.com/index.html Looks like there are a few chips left anyways. Maybe I'll try to pick up a par...

I am about to install a 1200.1 and want to set the gains using oscillocope/DMM. From what I have read most everyone sets the gains with the speakers unhooked. The 1200.1 manual says that it should never be powered on without speakers connected. None of the other Tantrum manuals says this. So I am wo...