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?
@wswright20 , yes, that does seem to be REL’s recommendation. [In the interest of accuracy, just in case anyone comes to this thread in the future, what @noromance reported was that the European market models *do* have the standby vs always on switch that you see in the manual. My 2 US REL T/9xs do not have the switch. (My US market Carbon Special does, and i assume all the S Series models do as well; the manual for them shows it, for what that is worth.)] |
@curiousjim , that is like my amps, less than 0.5W for the Rowland and less than 1W for each of the Gato PWR-222 monoblocks. The designer for each recommends standby mode when you are not using them; only need to fully turn them off/disconnect them from AC mains when you’re going to be away for days/weeks (and during electrical storms). According to a post by REL on a REL Facebook group, the 115V T/9x (and maybe the 220V too?) draws 9.6 watts when on but idle. (The manual and website do not give that stat.). 9.6 Watts doesn’t sound too bad. |
I have PS Audio BHK 300 mono blocks and they are warm all the time! I just looked them up and they draw @175 watts each on standby! The BHK preamp is a lot less. I’m guessing I’m around 500 watts when not in use. I listen 6-7 days a week or I’d probably turn off the amps at the very least. |
