funny you mention that, because this week, i totally forgot to turn it off for at least a few days, and yet, no excessive heat, or static this time. i wonder if the heat and static are part of some odd breaking in that needs to happen. i'm still going to turn it off when i'm not using it, but...

I just got one of these recently, thanks to this here forum. So far I really like it, but recently I've had issues. The first was it noisily crapping out a couple times, giving way to static after a loud pop. I'd disconnect it for a few minutes and reconnect it, and all was well. However, this...