A friend of mine was advised by a Sevenoaks to leave his Rotel RA-01 powered up permanently to improve sound quality. What are your opinions on the issue? Urban myth or "sound" advice?
Pun intended, sorry.
Pun intended, sorry.
D-man said:Thanks for the feedback.
karkus30
I'm using a Cyrus2 with PSX which I assume has some old school capacitors in it, would this lend itself to being left on? Nice pic of Jaymz by the way, unless that is you and you dig AV forums.
karkus30 said:Absolutely, I use Naim amps and they should never be switched off. This isnt urban myth, its in the user manual. The difference between a just switched on Naim amp and one thats been left on a few days is startling and I dont mean just slightly different.
JH1 said:I've just ordered a NAIM amp - NAC 202 and NAP 200.
Would be interested to know if same applies to these as I had them on loan only for 2 days to try at home. They were only ever warmed up by a couple of hours each time when I went to listen to them....I thought that would be long enough.....great sound even then though!
Should these be left on permanently aswell do you know?
Supra said:I leave all my equipment in standby, allegedly it should sound better once it is warmed up. Can't say that I have ever heard the differnce myself.
karkus30 said:I can actually hear the difference when my speakers have not been used for a while, takes about 20 mins before they get motoring. I dont hear it with the CDP which doesnt really seem to suffer at all, although I leave it switched on anyway.
Thanks Dellboy. My 704's seemed to take an eternity to run in aswell, so I'm not unused to run in periods!Dellboy said:JH1 I've been a Naim user for the past 20 years and advice has always been to leave everything on. Naim equipment is notorious for long burn in periods. This ranges from 1month to 9months depending on the piece of equipment.