Should Class A Amps be left on??


Ok- Audiogon members need some advice here. Should Solid State Class A Amps be powered all the time? Have heard two school of thoughts on this. Apparently from what I have heard this is a moot question for Class A/B amps due to the usual low biasing of A/B Amps. From what I have been to learn so far Class A Amps should be left continously on.
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Showing 2 responses by tok20000

We in California get our electricity from hamster power, and it is very expensive. :-)

Turn the Class A stuff off... It's not like we need heaters ;-)

KF
Personally, I have had Plinius SA-100 mk3 amps, and I would not leave them on in Class A idle. First they suck up electricity. Second, the hotter the temperature of an amp, the less lifespan it has. Temperature affects amplifiers like everything else, it decreases the lifespan of the amp.

KF