RockandorRoll Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 Hey all you classy guys with your Rega Saturn and Apollos. Do you guys turn them off with the switch on the front or leave them on constantly and maybe just turn the display off? Ive always turned mine off at the front when im finished with it, but just wondering if there is any point?
mikey d Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 Well, I can't give you any good reason except hearsay but I leave my Saturn powered up. About once a week I reboot it by turning it off & pulling out the mains cord for 45 seconds, then I turn it back on again. Never had any trouble with it, so I probably won't change.
Luc Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 Well I turned mine on for the first time last night and after playing it for 3 hours or so I just turned it off at the front and then at the wall and unless someone comes up with a good reason not too, I'd like to keep doing it that way as there are already so many things running on standby etc with little lights blinking in the night.
houdinifangs Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 My powerboard has a wireless remote. I turn all devices off on the front then hit the remote and everything is off at the wall. Pretty handy as all my cables are behind my cabinet and I struggle to reach the the wall...
jeromelang Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 i try to turn off electronics once every week. left powered on for too long, they start to lose their top end - resulting in loss of definition and airiness. mind you, this is very subtle, but enough to bother me. and the electronics will generally take up to 24 hours after power up to sound optimum. but one thing i don't recommend is that you switch off from the wall mains. don't ever do that unless necessary - like you are going away on a long trip or there is thunderstorm brewing, etc... that's because all the ac cables that feed your electronics need to be left on charged. the dielectric around your ac cable behaves like the materials in a capacitor - they store electrical charges - when there is current running through their conductors. i find that even with fully run-in ac cables, once their charges are dissipated, it usually takes up to 48 hours to go back to their optimum condition.
HumanMedia Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 Turn my Saturn off when not in use. Saves the power caps from drying out early that way.
RockandorRoll Posted July 4, 2011 Author Posted July 4, 2011 I tend to, they melt the furniture otherwise ... This is funny, well done so general consensus is turn it off, good to know
cheekyboy Posted July 4, 2011 Posted July 4, 2011 I don't own a Saturn or an Apollo, but this is just a power switch you're talking about, right:confused: I'm starting to think up a list of things I turn on and off during the course of a day and I'm wondering if I should ask if I'm doing the right thing or not! Cheers, Keith
RockandorRoll Posted July 4, 2011 Author Posted July 4, 2011 ah the smart arses are everywhere in this thread The Saturn isnt like other players ive owned. There is no Standby only a copmplete on and off which is not accessible by the remote. I just thought this was weird and wondered what the proper move is. SHoul dit be on all the time - hence the no standby button, or is it something that should only be powered up when in use I thought it was a normal enough question, i guess not, thanks for pointing that out
cheekyboy Posted July 4, 2011 Posted July 4, 2011 ah the smart arses are everywhere in this threadThe Saturn isnt like other players ive owned. There is no Standby only a copmplete on and off which is not accessible by the remote. I just thought this was weird and wondered what the proper move is. SHoul dit be on all the time - hence the no standby button, or is it something that should only be powered up when in use I thought it was a normal enough question, i guess not, thanks for pointing that out Are you calling me a smart arsse Ro&R? It's a CDP isn't it; just turn the bloody thing off when you're finished with it, or on when you want to use it............or eat the f'cking thing for all I care!! Good luck with your projects. Keith
RockandorRoll Posted July 4, 2011 Author Posted July 4, 2011 sorry, thought you were taking the piss, which you had every right to do.
mikey d Posted July 4, 2011 Posted July 4, 2011 Jim Smith in his book, "Get Better Sound", reckons it takes DAC's (therefore CDP's) 24hours on power to reach their optimum sound. He suggests leaving them on if you are using them every day. There seems to be an impression that the Saturn should stay on for best listening. Whether this is real or imagined, it is a widespread view. It was Jim Smith who suggested "rebooting" digital devices by turning them off for 45seconds & removing the power cord & them switching them back on. My vivid imagination suggests to me that doing this does clear a digital mist. I'd probably rather turn my fridge off overnight (lol).
Luc Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 I emailed a Rega distributor who wishes to remain slightly anonymous, about this thread and the new Tech guy there answered: "Thank you for your enquiry. In my personal opinion it should make very little difference if you want to turn your CD player off between use." " However, if you can hear the difference and you don't mind the extra power bills and the bad vibes from polar bears then by all means leave the gear on. It is interesting to note that the Operations Manager here, who is a massive Rega aficionado actually does leave his preamps and CD player on permanently, reckons he can certainly hear a difference, however, I think a lot of people 'hear' a lot of different things personally. The human mind is a truly wonderous thing." Whilst I am happy for you to paraphrase this response I would rather you did not reprint it verbatim. I hope this has been of some help, I seriously doubt it will end the debate! Please let me know if there is anything else I can try to partly clarify for you. Best Regards (The Tech guy...my name for him) So that settled nothing did it?
Krispy Audio Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 There is another side to the argument, and that is that cycling of the power can lead to ever-so-slightly reductions in parts life. It's a bit like the 'do I power my work computer down overnight or leave it on' argument, one side saying that often power consumption differences are negligable because a warm computer is running more efficiently that one that has just been turned on, and that some parts are more reliable when warm than enduring heat cycles. I always power all my gear down, as I'm happy to cop a potential 0.001% difference in perceivable sound quality.
mikey d Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 CP, me thinks you are prone to exaggeration. The difference is much closer to 0.01%.
Krispy Audio Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 Now now Mikey, I've done some extensive ABX testing on this and I stand by my calculations
aechmea Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 My transport has no "standby" and no "power switch", front or back. If you want to turn it off then you do so at the wall. It's clear what the designers of that device intended.
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