Impressive; the boxes build up after a while, don’t they? Assume you keep it in standby as much as possible. I use a Furman LPC Elite to keep all box power either switched or unswitched in order to help startup.
Every Audiophile's Turn-on
The Germans have a phrase "es ist sehr kompliziert" to refer, usually, to the complexity involved in turning on a mature audiophile system (LOL).
SO, this thread is devoted to the topic of turning on your audiophile system.
Suggest the following procedure for providing comparative information; Agoners can use the figures to determine where they stand on a range from "simple" to "ridiculous."
Here are the categories:
1. Number of component boxes (no loudspeakers)
2. Number of remotes
3. Button strikes necessary to complete the system turn-on
4. Total time (start to finish, including delays) necessary to enable all functions within your system
Here's my score:
1. 9 boxes to handle internet, TV, music collection, and video collection
2. 6 remotes
3. 20 button strikes to enable entire system
4. 1:15 minutes/seconds each time started
This is a stereo system that uses as many automated triggers as possible. The final summary is, therefore:
9/6/20/1:15
Let me know how your system turn-on compares.
And perhaps a COMPETITION is in order. I leave it to my fellow Agoners to decide whether the longest, most complex turn-on is the winner (= most toys and flexibility) or the simplest and shortest wins (gets to the media fastest).
AND, I believe that KDude66 told me that he would provide a Lyngdorf 3400 to the winner...
...but, maybe, we should check with KDude about that (LOL)...
SO, this thread is devoted to the topic of turning on your audiophile system.
Suggest the following procedure for providing comparative information; Agoners can use the figures to determine where they stand on a range from "simple" to "ridiculous."
Here are the categories:
1. Number of component boxes (no loudspeakers)
2. Number of remotes
3. Button strikes necessary to complete the system turn-on
4. Total time (start to finish, including delays) necessary to enable all functions within your system
Here's my score:
1. 9 boxes to handle internet, TV, music collection, and video collection
2. 6 remotes
3. 20 button strikes to enable entire system
4. 1:15 minutes/seconds each time started
This is a stereo system that uses as many automated triggers as possible. The final summary is, therefore:
9/6/20/1:15
Let me know how your system turn-on compares.
And perhaps a COMPETITION is in order. I leave it to my fellow Agoners to decide whether the longest, most complex turn-on is the winner (= most toys and flexibility) or the simplest and shortest wins (gets to the media fastest).
AND, I believe that KDude66 told me that he would provide a Lyngdorf 3400 to the winner...
...but, maybe, we should check with KDude about that (LOL)...