seanadams;326691 Wrote: > Vacuum tubes need to reach some minimum temperature to operate, which is > where the idea of "warm up" comes from. However, solid state electronics > should be kept as cool as possible. For one thing, "thermal noise" aka > "Johnson noise" is a direct consequence of analog circuitry being warm, > but heat can also cause a variety of other problems such as amplifiers > and power supplies overheating.
I completely agree with solid state. My Ayre Mono Blocks have no OFF switch even though they are Solid State. They are either in standby idle drawing 45 watts or On at lidle drawing 120 watts. Over night I drop them to standy for the 7 to 8 hours I am not playing music, but never unplug them which is the only way to power them off. The Transporter is always on by design with only being able to fall back to standby. I have always left my tube gear on unless going on vacation, so for my main system it is basically always on. For a system on and playing music as much and as often as mine is, would you not recommend that it stay on all the time? What is your belief as to heat stress on equipment from warming and cooling everyday day after day? It is not like I listen to my main system once every two weeks, it is on daily for 12 to 18 hours. In this case is it not better to never drop below standby? By the way, the huge heat sinks on the Ayre Mono Blocks run very cool unless I am watching a movie or somebody wants to hear what concert levels sound like in my main room. What is your take Sean with these specific equipment usages? -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Bedroom: SB3, NAD C370, Thiel 2.3 Home Office: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, VSM-1 Sigs Mobile: SB3, Audioengine A5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50759 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
