Naim compnents, always on?

Hi Ozren

Funny that, I'm bored today too.

switch off my gear once a year - when we go on holiday (we're usually away for three weeks). If there's a particularly violent thunder and lightning storm I turn it off thenn as well - purely as a precaution.

As far as I am aware, Naim gear is supposed to be kept powered up pretty much permanantly.

Kevin

Hi Ozren, I leave my amps always on until cleaning day, when I dust off the equipment, and other things in my apartment.
And during thunder storms. I turn off everything and unplug all cables, antenna and powercords.

Mats

Sagitarius in aeternum

Hi,

I also leave my equipment on all the time. There are no thunder storms here during the winter (Québec) so I only turn the system off when I go on holiday in summer.

What seems most interesting to me is your comment about your system taking 20-25min before singing, even when always on.

I also have this experience and was wondering if everybody had noticed the same thing.


Also, what phenomenon would explain this.

Lets try to make this thread interesting and constructive! this is the best way to make up for a boring day!



Phil

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What seems most interesting to me is your comment about your system taking 20-25min before singing, even when always on.

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That would seem to indicate that it doesn't make a lot of difference whether its left on or off, as it probably only takes that amount of time to warm up from cold, or does it

Has anyone tried the test
Must go now - need to take my anorak to the dry cleaners, but it is a boring day isn't it

David

"Opinions are like belly-buttons, everybody's got one"

Hello Ozren

i also leave my equipment on all the time. but i didn't notice that much of an improvement over days or weeks when leaving it on. though, when switching it on, after it was off for hours/days, i can notice a "warming up" improvement over the first 1-2 hours.

really boring day today. when i left my house this morning i connected these naca5 cables to my system and let the music play. maybe from boring, it gets very exciting around evening...

cheers
rocketeer

Well I do what it says on the tin, and turn it all off to connect or disconnect components, which is fairly frequent because I have several systems and am a fiddler.
I don't do this out of a slavish desire to follow instructions, but because I once pulled out the pre-power interconnect on one channel with it switched on and the power amp started smoking. The dealer and service dept. both spotted my crime (despite my denial and lies to the contrary) as apparently this can often put power amps into "oscillation". Don't know exactly what that means, but it stank the house out too, and probably cost more than the computer PSU to put right.

And Alan, about those thunderstorms. I've had two tellys go during nearish strikes. Pretty impressive bangs and total write-offs.

malcolm

[This message was edited by Rockingdoc on TUESDAY 26 November 2002 at 18:33.]

The CDSII needs to be on for at least a week to come fully 'on-song'.

About four to five days for the (lesser) amps.

Leave it on. Each powered item uses about 20 watts of juice.

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Originally posted by Philippe Dancause:
Hi,

I also leave my equipment on all the time. There are no thunder storms here during the winter (Québec) so I only turn the system off when I go on holiday in summer.

What seems most interesting to me is your comment about your system taking 20-25min before singing, even when always on.

I also have this experience and was wondering if everybody had noticed the same thing.


Also, what phenomenon would explain this.

Lets try to make this thread interesting and constructive! this is the best way to make up for a boring day!



Phil

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Hi Phil

I've found that my sistems over the years(which are always left powered on) take about 20-25 minutes to really sing. I think I read somewhere years ago that the speakers stiffen up when cold ie. no signal and about the time it takes to play an LP side warms them up to operating temperature. I don't know if this is the crossover components or the speaker surrounds etc. Anyone else got an opinion on this.

Yours in music

Syd

It's the speakers.

As implied above, voice coils and surrounds
need time to thermally come up to speed.

Once read in a B&W brochure to only listen
at relatively low volumes for the first few
minutes of play until the surrounds loosen
up and the voice coils warm up.

Got to go finish counting the cornflakes in
the box now ---