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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
fred60
160 posts
 

From my experience, I would turn them off when not in use.  I had a $2500 Paradigm sub that I used for home theater, and we left it on.  A decade later it died.  And the Class D amps inside the sub were not possible to repair.  Just my experience, but that’s what I’d do.  I also have 2 JL Audio subs for my main 2-channel system and I turn them off when not in use.  They are still in operation today.  Standby mode on the Paradigm did not help, obviously.

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jastralfu
562 posts
 

What should the punishment be and who gets to decide?

motown-l
347 posts
 

I have one cheap sub that doesn’t have an auto-off feature. The others go into standby when no signal is present. Never occurred to me to turn them off completely 

macg19
1,351 posts
 

I used to turn my T/9x’s off when not in use. My new Arendal’s have a programmable standby / on-time which is nice. Off and unplugged if out away for a while. 

bondmanp
1,845 posts
 

Richard Vandersteen recommends I leave my 2Wq subs powered on unless I won't be using them for a week or more.  My HT sub, a SVS PB-2000, goes into standby by itself.

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