Soft Start Circuits for Amplifiers


What are the pros and cons of soft start circuits for tube and solid state amplifiers? My VAC amplifiers do not have soft start circuits and are 200 WPC.  I do notice my lights dimming due to voltage drop at power up and would imagine it's inrush current is hard on the KT 88s and other electronics?  Your thoughts would be appreciated!

normie57

Showing 2 responses by mb1audio

After reading some of the other posts, I think I may have been mistaken. I was referring to something like they put on my Ayre V-5's. Certain parts of the amp still remain on after you shut it off. It reduces warm up time.