There's no current flow unless you complete the circuit. So I would say yep, in order to run the signal through the interconnects, it must be drawn through by the load. No load, no energy flow. Btw, I leave my more expensive solid state stuff on 24/7/365 to reduce the number of thermal cycles. It's not very green to do so, but maybe it brings us all that much closer to using renewable resources, haha. Good luck!
"Burn In" Question
I am burning in a new set of interconnects.My preferred way to do this is to hook them up to a stereo VCR and run TV audio through them all day. My question is, does the integrated amp that I have the cables running to have to be powered up? I would prefer not to leave my more expensive pieces on gathering heat all day. Thanks for the help.
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