HI Knghifi, Got my Krell 700cx amp back yesterday from Krell, Talking about holy fricken cow!, this amp sounds incredible with the modds we paid dearly for that appears to be worth every cent!, BTW, I did the power up and power down as specified, no matter what, I still get the not loud at all power thump over the speakers when I turn amp off at the rear panel breaker, I see in the post above this is normal,BTW, Patrick Bresnahan of Krell know's his product very well and then some, A very talented musician too!, we have become good friends over the course of the last 3 years, I talked to him yesterday, I recommend, that if you need any thing done at Krell, Patrick is the Man!, KNGhifi, I will try muting as you have said, that is informative, never tried that,I just turn the volume completly down, is that the same thing?, Oh, up packing the amp and doing re-set up was an incredible feat to say the least, you know, my amp does weigh 180 pounds, took hours, and a neighbor, plus the wife, whom took a vacation day from work to do all this, good thing she did, she was a huge help, I appreciate her, good woman to put up with this insanity.