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Yes, No, Maybe.... [message #9467 is a reply to message #9466]

Wed, 28 December 2005 05:32

Old Brown Eyes
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There is indeed some degree of truth to what you have heard. When a tube preamp first fires up the output cap has to "charge" up and this will take X number of time constants. During this brief period it can put out DC voltage to the power amp. Some power amps can be damaged by this even though they are switched off. It is rare and very few people have problems but it is possible. In all cases you would want to turn on the preamp first and give it a minute or two to settle down before turning on the power amp. For those power amps that can be damaged you would simply wait until for the preamp to warm up before plugging the interconnect into the power amp.

Russ

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		is ok to put a tube PRE in front of SS amp? By: paba on Tue, 27 December 2005 20:53
		Yes, No, Maybe.... By: Old Brown Eyes on Wed, 28 December 2005 05:32
		Re: Yes, No, Maybe.... By: paba on Wed, 28 December 2005 07:00
		Re: Yes, No, Maybe.... By: 2wo on Wed, 28 December 2005 16:14
		Re: Yes, No, Maybe.... By: PakProtector on Thu, 29 December 2005 20:42
		There is a simple solution to the problem By: Old Brown Eyes on Fri, 30 December 2005 06:36
		Re: There is a simple solution to the problem By: PakProtector on Fri, 30 December 2005 07:07
		It may also affect power-down too By: GarMan on Thu, 05 January 2006 11:41
		Power up, down sequence By: Shane on Sat, 07 January 2006 22:10

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