Spectral - left on?

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robbyd

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Who leaves their gear turned on?

No doubt the preamps take a couple of days to sound sweet, and the power amps at least a day...

I used to leave mine on continuously until it was pointed out that components have a certain lifespan, thousands of hours, and you're using it up!

So now there's a compromise - I tend to turn it off through the week, and on for the weekends when I have much more free time to listen....

But it's frustrating when you come to it fresh and you know and hear it's just not there yet...

 

ack

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• Oct 28, 2016

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Other than the amps, everything else is always on. The 400RS need about 10-15 minutes or so, presumably due to the servo bias. Heat is always an issue, and the old SDR-2000 literally melted its sorbothane feet and main board capacitors as well as the power supply connectors, and I am not the only with that problem. Newer designs seem to manage heat more efficiently. I now use fans wherever I can (quiet, quality computer fans from Noctua)

 

kennyb123

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• Oct 29, 2016

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My system seems to need a few days to get back to full speed after powering down my Spectral gear. So I usually leave it powered on all the time. Only exception is when there are electrical storms.

I keep a fan blowing on my Spectral components during the warmer months as these run hot.

 

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robbyd

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ack said:

The 400RS need about 10-15 minutes or so,

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Interesting - I find, as with my 360s, they don't reach that extra level of real fluidity and smoothness until they have been left on overnight.

 

ack

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It's possible - I don't really obsess that much

 

Kingsrule

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ack said:

It's possible - I don't really obsess that much

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Yeah, right........

 

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robbyd

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I don't obsess - it's just plain to hear!

 

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witchdoctor

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• Oct 30, 2016

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robbyd said:

Who leaves their gear turned on?

No doubt the preamps take a couple of days to sound sweet, and the power amps at least a day...

I used to leave mine on continuously until it was pointed out that components have a certain lifespan, thousands of hours, and you're using it up!

So now there's a compromise - I tend to turn it off through the week, and on for the weekends when I have much more free time to listen....

But it's frustrating when you come to it fresh and you know and hear it's just not there yet...

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I read once that what stresses gear is the rush of electricity when you turn it on and it is better to leave it on. I leave my amps on all the time but turn off my preamp and source when not in use.

 

TooCool4

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• Nov 21, 2016

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Everything is left on all the time, the only things I turn off are the turntable and the Nakamichi tape deck. They all get used every day anyway.

 

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dan31

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• Nov 21, 2016

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Amp off at the end of the day. Preamp off if I'm gone for a week or more.

 

GaryProtein

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• Nov 22, 2016

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A friend of mine who owns Spectral and MBL 101's leaves his system on all the time except during electrical storms.