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Subwoofers: Do you turn them off when you are done for the day?

It just occurred to me last night as I was putting various amps into standby mode before going to bed that I only turn off my subwoofers when I am going to be away from home for a few days or more. (I disconnect all my components from the wall in those cases.)  

All my amps are solid state and their respective manufacturers have all advised to switch them to standby if you are not listening to them, even if you plan to listen again in a few hours.  Why do I not do that with the subwoofers (all RELs: one Class D, 2 Class A/B)?  Seems like one should. (And I did last night.)

What do you all do?

kirkwallace
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kirkwallace OP
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@ghdprentice REL T/x9 do not. The Carbon Special has a toggle switch for the user to choose between allowing standby mode or always on.

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ghdprentice
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Wow, that is amazing. 

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jastralfu
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I leave my RELs on all the time unless I’m going out of town.

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noromance
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Apparently,  REL TX9 only have standby on the 220v models due to European energy saving regulations. 

I leave my REL S/3 SHOs on auto-standby like most folks here.

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kingbr
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Interesting post. My main rig which does double duty for HT and music is in my Family/Theater room. I only use it on weekends. So Friday to Sunday night. Mon-Thurs I am in my living room. I used to leave everything on in my main rig. But then I figured since it’s a full 4 days in between (and yes most of my gear including subs have stand by), I should probably power everything off. So that’s what I do now. I actually flip the power switch on my SV subs to off..

 

I had posed this question before on here and it was literally 50/50 on the responses saying leave on/power down…

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