George, what you say sounds reasonable, but I am not EE savvy. I can barely tell the difference between the front and back of the amp. :( Further, any mods to the amp's circuits will adversely affect its resale value.
My linestage and amp have a 12 volt trigger connection. The trigger starts the amp within 10 seconds or so after the linestage is turned on. I suspect this is NOT the same delay circuit you described. Instead, I think delay start-up prevents a linestage turn-on thump from causing a power surge through the amp into the speakers.
Otherwise, I think you and I are on the same page about turn-on/turn-off concerns. I'm not sure if 4 or 5 hours is a good number for my rig, but it's what I have been doing. Thank goodness I never had a Fourth of July problem with my gear -- at least not yet. Hopefully Ralph or Gary will weigh in.
Cheers,
Bruce
My linestage and amp have a 12 volt trigger connection. The trigger starts the amp within 10 seconds or so after the linestage is turned on. I suspect this is NOT the same delay circuit you described. Instead, I think delay start-up prevents a linestage turn-on thump from causing a power surge through the amp into the speakers.
Otherwise, I think you and I are on the same page about turn-on/turn-off concerns. I'm not sure if 4 or 5 hours is a good number for my rig, but it's what I have been doing. Thank goodness I never had a Fourth of July problem with my gear -- at least not yet. Hopefully Ralph or Gary will weigh in.
Cheers,
Bruce