When equipment is really cold, such as being in the trunk of a car when it's been below zero, let the equipment gradually warm to room temperature first before powering up. The reason is that there are metals of different kinds that expand at different rates during temperature change. Componets are designed to handle that fine from room temperature to operating level, but not from extremely low temperatures.
Do cold temperatures damage audio equipment?
One would shudder at the thought of placing a $3000 CD player or amplifier in the freezer for a couple of days. I would think that they would never be the same again.
Isn't that what we do when we ship equipment in cold weather? Sometimes it's colder outside than in my freezer.
Isn't that what we do when we ship equipment in cold weather? Sometimes it's colder outside than in my freezer.