True Eee3 that's happened here in the past but not so much with my current system. Hope the gear is robust enough to be unaffected.
Effects of Power Outages Where You Live
More and more, power outages seem to be an issue for me and I believe for audiophiles in general. We have had two wind storms like never before in the last 5 months that wiped out the power in my area of Ohio. Major work by the electric company has to be done to restore the power when these storms occur. Power was lost at my home once for 7 days back in September because of an extreme wind storm. The one that just happened caused only about 24 hours with lost power. How long do you think it takes your audio system's performance to restore to normal after you have unplugged it and it sits for 24 hours? Additionally, when the electric company is rebuilding damaged equipment, adding new transformers etc. what affect do you think this has or has had to the power in your area? What affect(s) has this had on the performance of your audio system?
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Just wanted to let you know that after plugging in my system it did not sound the same after a whole day of being on. Bass in particular and resolution were not as they had been. For those of you espousing a few hours of on-time, the common wisdom seems to be that digital sources take at least 48 hours to return to optimum performance after being turned off or unplugged. That's why many including me almost never turn digital gear off. So for me 48 hours would be the bare minimum of time to expect the system to sound itself. I don't think there are any guarantees however. IMO. |
Years ago I read about not turning off digital gear and the affects here: http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Digital.html At the time I deferred to Mr Salvatore's experience. Maybe I overstated when I said "seems to be the common wisdom." That fellow gets criticized plenty in many quarters, but he knows an awful lot about high end audio performance. I've read of quite a few audiophiles who believe you don't turn off digital gear. How long it takes to bring it back to optimal performance has not been debated as much. A member here (Raquel), whose audio knowledge I respect posted that digital gear should be left on 24/7. Member Post On Turning Off Digital This member doesn't put a time frame on a return to optimal performance if digital gear is turned off however. But because you brought it up Tvad and I respect your knowledge of high end audio, I may try turning off my digital gear too. Another member I respect who has one of the same players as I turns it off after every listening session. |
Bob_bundus, yes my integrated is solid state (Blue Circle BMPH). Sns you are spot on with thoughts I mentioned in my original post. With all the new equipment that the power company had to use to bring the grid back and rebuilding etc it must affect the end result into our homes. I notice a difference in general in the electric at my house. And in particular my system after almost 3 dsys sounds tipped up. It has more high end but is leaner with less weight and less low end overall. Hopefully the sonics will come back into balance with time. But how can anyone expect all the work the power company has to do in these situations not to affect the power coming into your home? As sensitive as an audio system can be it surely could affect its performance. |
Chadnliz I'm in Columbus. I can easily see your point Tvad. A similar concept takes place when new words get added to the dictionary. A word is invented by some person and gets repeated over and over by many people. The common usage of that word eventually leads to it being added to the dictionary. And all because some person first used the word. |