Yesterday, I left my system (atom and focals) playing pink noise all day whilst I was at work. I came home and played an album at 30 volume and it sounded absolutely brilliant, and so loud that I had to turn it down a little, which is strange because 30 is my 'safe' volume so as to not annoy the neighbours.
This morning I switch on my system, play the same album at 30 and it sounds weak and a lot quieter. Does a non-warmed up system cause this much difference? My apartment is really cold, so I imagine the components may be affected in some way by that.
Posted on: 02 February 2018 by dave-mac
Just leaving the atom switched on you mean, disabling standby mode? I thought that was only applicable to valve gear? Is it possible the speaker cones get so cold overnight that they take a while to start performing 'properly'?
Posted on: 02 February 2018 by Gazza
I leave my Nova on standby, the Naim blurb says a small power supply keeps electronics primed ready to kick in when music is played. The larger power supply kicks in when you put the unit to use, ie play music.
Posted on: 02 February 2018 by dave-mac
I do leave the system on standby. The speakers have had ~100 hours now, as has the atom. The cables (chord epic) probably ~70 hours.
The systems been playing now for a couple of hours, I've just put that same album on and the volume, bass, and clarity have come back with a vengeance. It's definitely not in my head. I guess the combination of sub-zero temperatures and my apartments lousy heating affects my gear until it warms up.
