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September 26, 2012 - 2:15pm
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warming up your solid state amp??
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The amp will do any warmup while you listen. Perhaps things will sound better after some warmup. I just listen right away. I'm not going to sit and twittle my thumbs while the amp might warmup.
You'll either perceive a difference or you won't. It certaily isn't going to affect the amp either way.
It usually takes from 3 to 10 minutes for the biasing to stabilize, at idle.
The bias will change more, however, as the amplifier is used and gets a bit hotter.
I would wait 5 minutes before using an amplifier for best the sonic results. There is not much pint in waiting longer.