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Daisy-chain an amp or not

My question is to plug my Parasound HCA 1500 into one of the outlets in the back of my Carver preamp tuner and leave them amp on/off switch turned "on". When wanting to use the system, simply hit the remote to turn on the amp, and the preamp/tuner and cd. Turn it off the same way. Is this a solution to walking over and turning the amp on and off all the time, or will this result in some negative results?
Thank you
pbredi
jim
418 posts
 
I guess plugging a blender in is no problem, so long as it isn't the ultra high current variety. I haven't seen those types of outlets since my NAD 3020 days ;-) I agree, best not to use them for your amp or any other current hungry piece.
sean
6,231 posts
 
NO, NO, NO.... For all of the above reasons. Instead of your amp running through a 6 ft ( ??? ) power cord to the wall, it now has to go another 6 ft courtesy of the preamps' power cord and a low grade outlet on the back of the preamp.

Besides the extra line length and potential to "starve" the amp on peaks or sustained duration notes, the amp will be fighting with the preamp for power via the same initial cord instead of having their own seperate outlets. This can do NOTHING good for sonics.

Leave all of the components on unless you are in "thunder alley" or in an area that is prone to brown-outs or surges. Not only will they last longer, they will sound better. Sean
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pbredi OP
15 posts
 
This is pbredi, thanks for all of the helpfull advice. I will plug my amp, and my blender :-) into the wall outlet directly.
Regards,
Paul
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