shutting down pre/pro

snakebitten · September 2005

I was talking to the sales rep about how to hook up the trigger wire for my yamaha 2500 and b&k amp. He stated the he never shuts down his system. He just turns down the volume. Said that it would increase the life of the equipment. No cooling and heating and cooling and so on.

Any thoughts on the subject.

steveinaz · September 2005

It's one of those "decide for yourself" issues. I personally power down my system everytime. You'll hear a zillion arguments from both camps on that question.

heiney9 · September 2005

My system is powerd down more than it's powered up. If I know I'll be listening all weekend I'll leave it on. My stuff is going on 19 years old and I've no issues at all. It's a personal preference. I mean if you are going to turn it off and on 2-3 times a day that's probably not good in the long run.

H9

faster100 · September 2005

If i decide i want to take a 50/50 chance of a fire, i leave my system on.. never know when something heats up or shorts.

Really, Off if i wont be useing it within a hour or so. and its amp on first then pre, pre off first then amp on the shut down.

No need to leave it running if for nothing else than safety. it could run for 10 years with no problems, or take just one thing to start a fire

ward91 · September 2005

i leave my amp on but just turn the display off

madmax · September 2005

faster100 wrote:

and its amp on first then pre, pre off first then amp on the shut down.

You have that one backassward. Pre on first, amp on second. Amp off first, pre off second.

Who's on third?

madmax

george daniel · September 2005

I thought Who was on first?

snakebitten · September 2005

ok. pre then amp on..... then amp then pre off .. thanks

madmax · September 2005

Yea, you just don't want to amplify any big "pops" or other sounds coming from the preamp when you turn it on.

shutting down pre/pro

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