Last night, as things are wont to happen, I kept playing more stuff louder and louder.Things were really impressive (to me) toward the end of "Flim & The BBs -Big Notes", when they kind of pull out all the stops. The recorded levels go way up (the VU meters were peaking) and the bass was fantastic.
In fact I was really happy until I heard the Fostexes going "crinkle-crunch". 1mm of Xmax ain't what it used to be, even at 97 dB/W.
No damage done, but now I'm thinking there's an MTM arangement in my future.