There are thumps and there are THUMPS. Rowe is in the latter class. Yep, and that's why I want to suppress it at home. Thanks for all the comments. I'm steering towards installing a time-delayed relay. Maintenance of relays is not an issue for me given it's a private domestic installation, but I'll...

Yes, I do have a service manual -- somewhere. It was inside the juke when I bought it, just need to find where I have put it.

Many thanks indeed for the tip!

I have the first model CD100 and have always been annoyed by its characteristic speaker thump at power on. Does anyone know if Rowe provided an upgrade to suppress the thump? I'm aware of numerous speaker protection circuit designs on audiophile sites, etc, that include a speaker connection delay to...