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Power Up the System - What Do You Do?

I leave my system in idle when not in-use. I only kill the power when I know bad storm is comming or if I am out of town for few days. I have always disconnected my speaker cables before I start it back up and re-connected after system is completly powered up. This way the speakers don't get popped and eventually could cause damage. I am just curious how you start up your system.

Thanks.
sd2005gt
dirtyragamuffin
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If I'm playing something off my recording console, I power that up first; then the preamp, let the preamp tubes warm for a minute, then the power amp last, of course. I leave the CDP powered up. The TT of course gets turned on and off regularly.

I unplug my system if I'm leaving for any appreciable time.
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lousyreeds1
286 posts
 
sd2005gt: I'm not totally sure, but I don't think that's a good idea. It seems like connecting the speaker cables when everything's on could cause some serious pops, etc.

I think the classic way is to power up the front end, then the preamp, then the amp. Turn everything off in the opposite order. So the front end is first on, last off.
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lousyreeds1
286 posts
 
Also: I make sure my integrated is muted when I turn it on/off.
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