"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 01:39:29 GMT, "Trevor Wilson"
wrote:


"StaffBull" wrote in message
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Thanks for the helpful comments below - another question I have is
if
I
would leave a valve amp on all the time or switch it off and have to
wait
for it to warm up every time I need it?

**ALL power amps should be switched off, until they are required for
use.

Hooey.


Not hooey - all electrical items (without a built in timer needing stanby
current) should be switched off if not in use, including amplifiers. (Ask
your insurers.....)



My Audiolab 8000P has been switched on for about eight years, and
works just fine. I don't leave the Krell switched on, because it's a
true class A design, and pulls 300 watts from the wall at idle!


Presumably the Krell doesn't suffer from being switched off then? Or does
it
take that bit longer to strike an arc.....???

;-)


...with carbon rods.... for home cinema. ;-)