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accidental power down....any damage???

help......my system was up and running at a moderate volume level, when my daughter accidentally shut off the power button on my preamp, and the turned it back on. I was upstairs when this happened, so I couldnt hear id any abnormalites took place. It may just be my imagination, but right afterwards the system sounded a little thinner, with not as much dynamics, and it seemed to need more gain. Could something have gotten damaged???? My system is:
Pass x250 amp
Rogue 66 magnum pre
Shanling t-100 cd
Martin Logan Ascents
Sumiko project wood classic tt
When this occured, the system was playing a cd.
I just shut it down after a few minutes of playing afterwards. Has anyone experienced this??
Thanks in advance.................
bigfish427
dazzdax
599 posts
 
Why should the amp been damage by only turning the preamp off and on? Isn't that what we are doing after a listening session? It shouldn't also make a difference if the switching takes place with or without music.
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billm
29 posts
 
Many amplifiers do not like to loose input power from a preamplifier when powered up. Some put out distortion, some may hum, some can go into oscillation.

This is usually bad for loudspeakers. Many amplifiers have
protection relays, and will clamp down or mute if DC is present in the output stage.

I would check your speaker panels, and if you have any fuses, check them also. I am not sure if the Pass has protection relays, but it probably does.
Check your woofers also, especially if they have fused protection. Make sure that they are working.
Perhaps nothing happened, as the first response mentions.

But I have heard many amplifiers, tube and solid state, make some real nasty noises when loosing input signal.....

Check out your speakers, hopefully nothing is wrong.....

Best, Bill M.
dapom
11 posts
 
I doubt if anything bad has happened. I have a bi-amped system
using a pair of quicksilver KT-88 monos for mid & high freq.
our power being supplied by the electric Company is so undependable it has gone out while the system was playing and before I could get to the power switch(seconds) the power came
back on. NO DAMAGE - however that will shorten tube life
As a result I went out and bought 2 APC battery back ups
It never has been problem since
bigfish427 OP
17 posts
 
Thanks guys for you input. Thankfully, I powered everything up this afternoon, and all was fine. Just got nervous because I know its a big no-no to shut off power to the preamp while amps and speakers are powered up, and I am so careful with all my gear. She just didnt know, and she will probably circle the room from now on to avoid getting within 10 feet of the system. Being new at tube equipt, I wasnt sure if anything could have gotten damaged, but it must have been my imagination that it sounded different last nite afterwards. Thanks again to all.
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