I leave my 335 on standby. The I believe the manual for the amp explains all of that? You don't have the manual right? If you don't feel comfortable with leaving it in standby just press and hold the the switch on the amp while it's in standby, you'll hear the relay click inside the amp.By doing that the amp will still have power to it's circuits but will not charge the capacitors which takes some time to charge up. Some of the 33 series had bad capacitors shipped out due to a bad supply of them. Harman covered the cost of replacement of them. I had mine changed. I'm pretty sure most Levinson equipment owners leave it in standby.
Stand-by on Mark Levinson products
My system: ML 331 power amp, ML 32 preamp, ML 31.5
CD transport, ML 36S D/A converter. I can only listen to
music during week-ends and I was wondering if it's better
to leave the system in stand-by all the time. Only the 36S
hasn't a main switch and when connected to the electric outlet it
can only be in two modes: "on" or "stand-by" (blinking led).
31.5, 32 and 331 (in the european version) have a main switch
so they can be switched off even if they are plugged to the
electric outlets. Is it true that take off the power
completely when the system is not in use shortens the life
of the components? I know that the system performs better
when is warm and I put it in stand-by mode few hours
before the listening session. I think that leave the system
in stand-by for 4/5 days (being sure that I won't listen
to it) can wear off my components more than put them in
stand-by few hours before the use.
Am I wrong?
Thanks a lot in advance.
CD transport, ML 36S D/A converter. I can only listen to
music during week-ends and I was wondering if it's better
to leave the system in stand-by all the time. Only the 36S
hasn't a main switch and when connected to the electric outlet it
can only be in two modes: "on" or "stand-by" (blinking led).
31.5, 32 and 331 (in the european version) have a main switch
so they can be switched off even if they are plugged to the
electric outlets. Is it true that take off the power
completely when the system is not in use shortens the life
of the components? I know that the system performs better
when is warm and I put it in stand-by mode few hours
before the listening session. I think that leave the system
in stand-by for 4/5 days (being sure that I won't listen
to it) can wear off my components more than put them in
stand-by few hours before the use.
Am I wrong?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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