It is normal. You CAN touch it. The Freya+ is filled with a lot of components.
Go to the Schiit site and compare the pictures of the Freya+ and Freya S circuit boards.
The Freya S looks almost empty in comparison. The heat is not from the tubes, but from the 300 volt rectification for the tubes, I think. Will the heat affect the long term life of the Plus? For that answer you'll have to ask Schiit.
This had been looking like a Freya S thread, The Plus with a good pair of gain tubes sounds great, far better then the SS buffer stage alone. I suppose the latter is comparable to the S (less the SS gain). Am I correct?
This had been looking like a Freya S thread, The Plus with a good pair of gain tubes sounds great, far better then the SS buffer stage alone. I suppose the latter is comparable to the S (less the SS gain). Am I correct?