I heard back from my dealer. He says the recall was on units that were locking up. A capacitor value on a small batch of units caused the lock-up issue. He also said that ALL units have the "whine", including ones that are shipping today. So I will be keeping mine, since there is no issue during...
Well, I made it to -50 before I whimped out :) That was so far beyond a volume level that I would ever listen to that pushing it any further would have served no purpose. And no processor "whine" was apparent in the rear speakers at that volume level, just really beautiful music coming out...
I decided to check for the whine on my Ref 50 this weekend. Sure enough, in standby mode, at just below reference level I get a slight whine out of my rear channels, and anything above reference level that whine becomes extremely loud. I've contacted my dealer about it; though from a previous...