A agree this is not a wise thing to do for so many reasons. And putting a resistor across the amp? You plan on removing/reconnecting this resistor each and every time to swap cables on/off the amp? This only doubles the possibility of shorting the terminals on the back of the amp. The strip terminals on these older amps are a pain enough when the amp is off. And who said the amp necessarily needs a load when it is powered on anyway. Just because it is a tube amp does not mean it is unstable without a load. A call to ARC would answer this for your amp......but this whole process is only asking for trouble. And if a disaster occured, you would most likely become a recipient of a Darwin award. Don't do it.
Safe way to change cables with tube amp on...
Couldn't figure out a way to phrase my question so here's the longer version.
I have an older ARC D250 amp and was told that one shouldn't remove the speaker cables with the amp on. Is there a way to acomplish this as I hate to power down the amp when trying different cable combinations.
Would a resistor across another set of taps work on the amp?
I have an older ARC D250 amp and was told that one shouldn't remove the speaker cables with the amp on. Is there a way to acomplish this as I hate to power down the amp when trying different cable combinations.
Would a resistor across another set of taps work on the amp?