Does it matter?

hmen · « **on:** 13 Jul 2003, 05:36 am »

I was just turning off my system. One of the amps was still on when I turned off the pre and I noticed that as the pre went off the tubes in the amp briefly fluctuated in brightness.

I started to wonder: is there a proper sequence to turn on and off a system that would be best for the equipment. Could I have caused harm to the tubes? Has anybody ever talked about this before in another thread?

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 Jul 2003, 05:48 am »

There was a thread somewhere I saw that said -turn on amp , pre-amp , cd. Shut down cd,pre-amp,and last amp. Thats also the way I've always done it.Is it right or wrong

don't know,but it works for me !

JohnR · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 Jul 2003, 06:01 am »

I think that's the opposite. Especially with a tube preamp, you want to turn the preamp on first and let it stabilize before turning on the power amp.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 Jul 2003, 06:06 am »

http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?forum=amp&n=15510&highlight=turn+off+amp&r=&session= Just checked Asylum for thread. I'm wrong, hey not the first time,not the last.