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Originally Posted by Neild
This would be spot on advice for conventional receivers, which can get pretty hot. However this one is hard to get above room temperature. The design avoids heat spewing components for much of the amplifications, and it has a dynamic on-board fan for cooling other components. If you really, really, crank it up, the fan kicks in to compensate. That's why I'm not as quick to say it's heat or air circulation issue.
The receiver is older though, so components could be fatiguing. It had a somewhat early implementation of HD audio codecs, and since it was Panasonic's last real receiver, I don't think it received any updates. That's part of why I wonder if it isn't something in the signal processing, perhaps brought on by something in the audio track.
OP mentioned he uses the speakers in 'small' mode which is typical with this receiver. Since low range amplication is bluntly cut off, the power load is further shaved.
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agreed. it sounds like he's just asking the ol' boy to do too much at the volume level for this particular soundtrack. there are some dynamic moments in the soundtrack and it's busy all the time during those moments, even for speakers set to small. it may just be time for a newer receiver if the OP prefers to listen at the volume levels he is listening to.
what the op should do is try other movies and drive them at the same volume level that tripped the receiver off to determine if it was something brought on by the demanding audio of the original movie in question or any movie played at that volume level.