A simple question for the Aleph 3 owners

JEKYLL · 22nd May 2004, 05:28 PM

When you shut off the amp, how long does the music play?

tomchaoda · 22nd May 2004, 10:05 PM

Why do you care this? Power amp is normally the first equipment to turn off anyway!

Thomas

MikeW · 22nd May 2004, 10:51 PM

It depends on the Caps and bias. I have 56000uf, .15 ohm, 56000Uf per rail. The bias draw is 3 amps per rail. It stays on for a couple of seconds.

JEKYLL · 24th May 2004, 08:48 AM

I asked this question by curiosity, because with 88000 uF by rail (4 x 22000 like on the schema of Mr Pass), I'm surprised to see that when I turn off the amp the music continues to play for only 1 seconde.
I'm not anxious, but I wanted to know if it was the same thing for everybody.

vsr123 · 24th May 2004, 03:44 PM

It also depends on what you are playing (hard beats vs. a single tone from a test CD), the former will play for less time than the latter, its just a question of how the energy is extracted from the capacitors...
also depends on the volume of the preamp

cheers

Nelson Pass · 24th May 2004, 05:49 PM

The turn off time is about a second, and really doesn't depend
significantly on what you're playing.

JEKYLL · 24th May 2004, 07:59 PM

Thank you Mr Pass, I said I wasn't anxious but it wasn't really true.

Mr PASS, you know what? YOUR Aleph 3 is marvellous.

22nd May 2004, 05:28 PM	#1
JEKYLL diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: FRANCE	A simple question for the Aleph 3 owners When you shut off the amp, how long does the music play?

22nd May 2004, 10:51 PM	#3
MikeW diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: North of Boston	It depends on the Caps and bias. I have 56000uf, .15 ohm, 56000Uf per rail. The bias draw is 3 amps per rail. It stays on for a couple of seconds. __________________ MikeW

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22nd May 2004, 10:05 PM	#2
tomchaoda diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New Jersey	Why do you care this? Power amp is normally the first equipment to turn off anyway! Thomas

24th May 2004, 08:48 AM	#4
JEKYLL diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: FRANCE	I asked this question by curiosity, because with 88000 uF by rail (4 x 22000 like on the schema of Mr Pass), I'm surprised to see that when I turn off the amp the music continues to play for only 1 seconde. I'm not anxious, but I wanted to know if it was the same thing for everybody.

24th May 2004, 03:44 PM	#5
vsr123 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: california	It also depends on what you are playing (hard beats vs. a single tone from a test CD), the former will play for less time than the latter, its just a question of how the energy is extracted from the capacitors... also depends on the volume of the preamp cheers

24th May 2004, 05:49 PM	#6
Nelson Pass The one and only Join Date: Mar 2001	The turn off time is about a second, and really doesn't depend significantly on what you're playing.

24th May 2004, 07:59 PM	#7
JEKYLL diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: FRANCE	Thank you Mr Pass, I said I wasn't anxious but it wasn't really true. Mr PASS, you know what? YOUR Aleph 3 is marvellous.

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