I have a question because of an odd problem I have with my system. I am forced to power up the preamp, wait till it warms up a bit and then turn on my amp. If I do it the other way around the pop made by the preamp when the tubes heat up causes the amp to shut off (protector circuitry) which is really annoying. So if I am playing around with switching IC's or other stuff then I have to power down the whole system.
I am wondering. The rest of my system draws minimal current on idle (thanks to the digital amp). Can the Ultra 2m be left on continually? I know this will wear the tubes out sooner but there are only two and I am sure that powering on and off all the time isn't great for the tubes anyhow. What are you thoughts on this?
(P.S. I will only do this once I get a good line conditioner so I don't have to worry about surges taking out my system)