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Do you leave the Jeff Rowland Amp on all the time

I purchased this amp recently an am very impressed with the sound, however it takes a long time to warm up. Do any users leave the amp on all the time. I emailed Rowland but did not get an answer. I am also thinking about replacing my BAT VK-32SE with the Rowland Capri preamp.
marty_t
wolf_garcia
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Yeah...mine. 3 hours of warmup sounds like a bad design. My gear sounds fine after a few minutes, better after a while...always has, always will...and then it's off. Waste not want not. Besides, this approach gives me somthing to be self righteous about, and that's priceless.
csontos
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Well, alright then. They happen to be a pair of LSR&D Leach Superamp monos designed by the late Dr. Marshall Leach of Georgia Tech. The low TIM amp with quite a large following on DIY Audio. But these are original commercially produced models Dr. Leach and a couple of his students endeavored back in the early 80's. The transformers are 1000va EI core monsters. Will drive anything on the planet. Very nice sounding amps with none of the up front edgy brightness complained about by the tube guys. Not many around and rarely come up for sale.
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charles1dad
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Raquel,
Nice and informative post.Thanks for avoiding the soap box cliches and preaching.
Regards,
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syntax
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Raquel,
Nice and informative post.Thanks for avoiding the soap box cliches and preaching.
Regards

Indeed. Very Good !
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