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power up and shut down

I feel foolish for posting this, but:
I recently purchased a new preamp (Fi Y) which has no mute switch. My previous preamp was an Audible Illusions Mod3, so I didn't have an issue with the "power up and shut down" procedure.
My question: Does it harm the speakers, or other components, to only turn the tubed preamp on and off, while leaving the solid state stuff running? (I'm using a Pass Aleph3 amp and it sounds so much better when I leave it on..).
What's the proper procedure for "power up and shut down"??

thanks.
jeff_s12a
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
Power Amplifier is on last, and off first.

If you leave the amplifier on, any "POP" from another component, especially the preamp, will get amplified to your speakers. The same if anything is turned on after your amplifier.

sean
6,229 posts
 
Talk to Don at Fi and see what he thinks about leaving the preamp on 24 / 7. Now if it was a tube power amp, that would be a different story. I don't see a problem with leaving a tubed preamp on due to the much lower stress level on the tubes. Just make sure that you turn the volume all the way down when not using the system if Don gives the go-ahead. Sean
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jcaudio
237 posts
 
I would leave the pre-amp on all the time unless advised otherwise by the manufacturer. Otherwise it is best to always have preamp on and stabalized to ensure solid state amp sees no DC during warmup. I still prefer to leave my tubed preamps on all the time.
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