More curious than a real question- remote trigger? Anyone use it?

"my friend just hooked up his Pass X250.8 and XP-20 that way, and is quite happy with it..."

Nice!

It's particularly useful for high power, multi-channel.

Nice to be able to turn off the surround/center amps when only listening to 2 channel.

Some power conditioners will also do this for you in case your amps do not.

Best,

E

I have used it for years with no sonic issues. It is a 12v circuit and has not given me or others I know any diminished performance. Logic tells me, it triggers the unit on and off, again via a separate power supply and is a micro second of employment, and at those two moments, your not listening. It triggers a relay to toggle the power switch and is present in the circuit whether in use or not. My opinion, and may not be a full scientific analogy of the logic, but I like the convenience. Besides if it did cause diminishing performance, would companies targeting the best performance include it?

I have used it a lot, especially with complex setups. There really is no way it could effect sound. The only real possibility is if it triggered an independent path for line power, separate from the on/off switched path AND that path was in some bizarre way current limiting for the line in. I have never seen this, nor seen a schematic for such a separate, duplicate line in feed.

I hadn't suggested it affects sound, but I was simply curious about usage. Thanks all!