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Adcom 555se on a smart strip?

I'm thinking about a used Adcom 555se to power my new Ohm Walsh 4000s as recommended by John and Evan. This amp doesn't have a 12v trigger. My stereo "area" is the living room and the preamp will sit in the built-in cabinets next to the fireplace. I don't really want to put a high powered amp in the cabinet for ventilation reasons, so the basement seems like a good choice (and save space in the cabinets for more LPs). With no 12v trigger to power the amp on/off, I was thinking about having the preamp plugged into the control outlet of a smart power strip, and the amp plugged into one of the switched outlets. This will of course work for powering on, but I'm concerned about powering off. When powering off the preamp which will happen first, will it create a pop sound before the amp gets shut off? 

If this smart strip is a viable way to go in this situation, the used 555se will be a great cost savings. If not, I'll start looking at the Adcom 575se or maybe the Parasound A21+. 

Thanks guys and gals.
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One thing I don’t understand is everyone’s love for Adcom.  I had an entire Adcom system with Vandersteen 2Ci speakers and never warmed up to it.  I found the Adcom 555 II to be a bit bright and hard sounding and moved on after a couple of years.  I had their top preamp which I also didn’t have much regard for.  I did like the FM tuner and their CD player and kept it until I bought the Pioneer Elite PD65  CD player.  
Am I the only one who feels this way about Adcom?  I will say after I traded the Adcom amp and pre and went to Classe’ electronics, the Vandersteen speakers really opened up and I enjoyed that system for the next 5 years without changing anything. 
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