A simple question for the Aleph 3 owners

[JEKYLL]

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

 

[tomchaoda]

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

Thomas

 

[MikeW]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[JEKYLL]

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.