Yes, definitely ask the manufacturer on that. The more sophisticated (expensive) balanced tube preamps I’ve owned (ARC Ref 6, Rogue Hera, VAC Master) have relay-timed outputs: the outputs are not "live" during a warm-up period, and are first disengaged on shut-down. These have been OK when I’ve inadvertently violated the usual start up / shut-down order - no thumps. BUT I think for general "gear hygeine" it’s still smart to stick to the usual order, as much as possible. But also, these days, with all the protection options available, I think it’s very hard to justify manufacturing any preamp that could cause an awful THUMP in speakers!
Leave it on?
I just listened to Paul McGowan explain that turning SS equipment on and off degrades the capacitors from the tiny power surge and that leaving SS equipment on ALL THE TIME is best. What do you do?
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@mulveling Yeah I tend to agree. My preamp is from Linear Tube Audio and it’s hard to think they’d engineer something that’s capable of blowing my speakers no matter how it’s used, but still I’m gonna check just to make sure. Peace of mind, better safe than sorry, etc. |
@gano if global warming was so dire, then we shouldn't even be listening to stereo equipment, it's not a necessity. |
@invalid I have no idea what that means. |
@invalid ”we shouldn’t even be listening to stereo equipment, it’s not a necessity” invalid logic, l love it. Let’s not do anything ever again and go back to living in a cave. All sorted @gano invalid has got something there….. Wait a minute, l take it back. He said “if global warming was so dire” ?? It is dire. l am still optimistic (just) in believing that this often quoted solution is still viable….. “Necessity is the mother of invention” @hilde45 “It works in many places not stuck in binary ruts” l agree with your last post as it applies so well with the quote above. |
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