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AC Power Between Amp and Preamp

For as long as I've had my ARC D-90 amp and SP-12 pre-amp I have connected the amp's AC Power Cord to the Switched AC outlet on the Pre-amp. I actually connect a decent quality surge protected power strip to the switched pre-amp outlet and plug the amp, subwoofer and cooling fan to the multi-outlet power strip so everything powers up and down together.

I have not noticed any issues at all with this set-up and have been doing it for years. I did read in another A/V Receiver manuel however where they cautioned against plugging high current components into the back of their (Pioneer) receiver/amp type unit.

Needless to say the D-90 amp pulls a lot of current. The Bob Carver Sub supposedly has an 1100 watt internal amp, so the big question is should I be running these high current components through the pre-amp. Otherwise I'll have to come up with another way for easy on/off for the amp and sub.

Thanks for any comments.
jamesk58

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ozzy
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All in all, (depending upon your equipment and the Amps they draw) in most instances you would be much better off plugging your Amp into a seperate outlet instead of into the Preamp.
Pardon the question, but I have to ask, how hard is it to turn on 2 devices instead of one ?
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