sorry if this has been discussed before, but i went thru all 21 pages and didnt find anything...
anyway, on saturday i taped yet another show using my minime, probably around my 50th using it. but what was different this time was that i left the unit inside its padded case as it was a theatre show where instead of bringing in my usual case i just brought in a backpack of what i needed to save space. for protection i left the mme inside its case. anyway, during the second set i as well as the taper next to me noticed a strange electric burning type smell that lasted about a minute or two and really couldnt figure out where it was coming from and really couldnt do much about it being mid set. after the show ended i noticed while unplugging the cables etc that the unit itself was very hot to the touch, much hotter than it had ever been outside the padded case, and upon smelling the unit i am pretty sure that the burning smell originated inside the box. when i got home from the show i pulled out my allen wrench to take the top off the box and by then the smell had pretty much gone and with a visual inspection everything looked pretty normal. also when transferring the tape it doesnt seem to have affected the sound at all, but i havent given it a careful listening yet.
what is going on here? does it seem like there is potential substantial damage? or if it looks fine and still seems to record fine should i just not worry about it? anyone else have a similar experience?