Wilko - I could deal with it if it were just a "delay" turning on for the auto mode, but the problem is that they won't come on at all, or ONE of them will come on and not the other.  it may be because I have the levels low, and might be that if I turn them up they would both come on in that mode, I haven't tried it simply because I don't like that work around.  this may be something that is "broken" on my particular monitors, I don't know. 

I haven't tried turning them on with no inputs connected, I can try that (although that will only be information, not a solution - I cannot plug and unplug the cables all the time, that's not reasonable).  but it doesn't matter if I turn the soundcard and mixer on before or after the monitors, I get a pop either way.

So, if both of them pop, then it is probably a design flaw. It may still be worthwhile sending them an email.

Wilko

I know this is pretty old but I'd love to know where you got that thing. My dad had one when I was a kid but I've never seen one again.

Awesome! Thanks for the info Paul.

sharke
My Equator Audios pop when I turn them on. They also pop a couple of times when Windows is firing up, which leaves me to believe it's something to do with my RME Babyface.

With regard to turning off monitors when you're not using them, well leaving them on is a mistake I will never make again. A year or so ago I left them on while I was at work and there was a power surge (some idiot working on the building electrics) which totally blew them. Came home to dead monitors.

even tho I was writing about those popping Behringers several years ago originally in this thread, I never did resolve it and I've never upgraded those monitors - still use them.  they still pop every time, regardless.  power conditioner did not help - it's obviously a design flaw.
 
but thank you sharke for the heads up on leaving them on most of the time, which I tend to do since I can't get them to stop popping when I turn them on.  I guess i need to rethink leaving them on most of the time.

Would love to know about the actual damage too

Thanks for the info.

Would something like this:
http://www.tcelectronic.com/level-pilot/

or this:
http://goo.gl/8z5SQZ

when turned down before booting up solve this issue?

RSMCGUITAR
Would something like this:
http://www.tcelectronic.com/level-pilot/

or this:
http://goo.gl/8z5SQZ

when turned down before booting up solve this issue?

These won't help at all since the problem is between the speaker drivers and their amp and power supply, all of which are inside a powered monitor.  Turning down the volume control on the monitor itself during startup may help, but this is often impractical or impossible.  I see that some powered monitors have some sort of soft-start circuit - they should all have one.  The problem is the surge/spike caused by switching on the monitor's power supply which then ripples through the electronics, gets amplified by the power amp to then pop the speakers.  Once the monitors are on, the same situation can happen if you then turn on something upstream and a startup spike from that gets sent to the monitors.

It is easy to control all the devices by one button. but that is not good for devices. You can switch off the power strip to power off all the connected devices and save energy after all the devices have been turned off. My bestek and each can be controlled individually. But I just find it hard to remember switching off the power strip every time I don't need the computer or TV.