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solid state amps matched with tube pre amp

Greetings,i just purchased a DeHavilland Ultra Verve preamp.It was a demo unit and im missing the page in the manual for start up and shut down,but was sent a ditto saying that the pre must be turned on first and the amp shut down first or serious damage to amp can happen.I usually leave my solid state amp on all the time.Is this the rule for tube preamps matched with ss amps.
thanks
Ant
antmo

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1markr
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Absolutely turn off the amp before the preamp goes off and and turn the preamp on before the amp...

I've had the UV paired with various solid state amps, and the results of turning off the preamp while the amps were on resulted in anything from triggering the protection mechanisms to blowing fuses. Not cool.
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