Hot Line-In - Add Resistors?

vermouth

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Aug 15, 2018
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I've heard of people adding resistors to the line-in on some models to cool them down. My 838's line-in is very hot and I'm considering this. Has anyone done this, and if so, what resistor value would you recommend? Would you add them right to the RCA jack itself or somewhere else in the circuit?