Amp On/Amp On Standby
Quick one out of curiosity - how do you leave your amp when not in use - powered on or on Standby? Read something the other night where someone basically left the thing constantly on regardless of whether was in use.
Mine stays in a state called 'network standby'. This means when I press the AirPlay symbol on iPhone or computer, the hi-fi springs to life and plays straight away (within a few seconds anyway) without having to make a new network connection every time.
It uses 0.4 of a Watt in standby mode.
Leave them on all the time. I want a hole in the ozone layer, I'm bl00dy freezing.
Turned off when not using, its only sensible.
When I have had class A valve amps that draw 200w+ at idle, you would notice that!
I leave my Brio-R on all the time.
Turned off when not using, its only sensible.
When I have had class A valve amps that draw 200w+ at idle, you would notice that!
blimey.
My speakers use about 9w each and I switch them off. Didn't realise how tight I was.
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Mine uses about 50 watts even on standby, so not at all 'green/eco' but then it was developed about 15 years ago. It means the blue lights go out, but that's about all the difference!
The upside is it sounds great immediately.
Hi-Fi: Krell KAV-300cd, Michell TecnoDec/RB250/Grado Prestige Black1, KAV-300i amp, Transparent balanced interconnects and bi-wire to Sonus faber Concerto grand piano speakers, Nakamichi ZX-7 cassette deck, Logitech Squeezebox Touch, Hitachi FT-5500 and Sony S570ES tuners, BCD Engineering stand, RA Powerlink, Chord powerchord, Grado SR60i cans.
AV: Sony Bravia KDL-32EX503 telly, BDP-S370 player with QED HDMI. Currently unused: Denon AVR-1705, DVD-1710, KEF KHT1005.2