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Gear in

I run all solid state gear. When not in use, I leave my pre-amp on and muted 24/7. My CDP and mono power amps all have a stand-by mode that I keep them in when I am not listening.

Though when in stand-by, the sections that affect the sound are kept warm, I am convinced that my system still sounds better after it has been playing for 30 minutes or more...better frequency extension, warmer-more natural mids, better dynamics and overall synergy/realism.

Has anyone else found that keeping their idle SS gear in stand-by mode doesn't keep their gear at 100% performance and it does improve as it "warms up" ?
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sean
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Albert: Most dynamic speakers will perform worse as they heat up. This is both measurable and audible and may be one of the reasons that drivers that are highly efficient can sound better in some respects i.e. they don't need as much power so they don't heat up as much. On the other hand, E-stat's tend to sound noticeably better after you've powered them up and fed them some juice for a while. Sean
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