Powering on/off my Studio Monitors

The power strip switch should be fine.

Turning gear on and off exposes it to quick changes in temperature which can eventually lead to a part wearing out.

Leaving stuff on all the time means you will waste energy that is currently under valued but will soon be priced beyond most people capability to afford it.

You get to decide how you feel about stuff like that and do what works best for you.


best regards,
mike

Awesome,...thanks guys!
 

I was getting the pops before I made some adjustments to powering on/off.

I run all of the monitors/amps/speakers to a powerstrip that plugs in to a power conditioner.  All of my audio devices plug in to the power conditioner and each audio device is on by default.  I turn on the amp/speakers first and then the power conditioner after a moments delay.  Powering off the amp/speakers first then the power conditioner after a brief delay does not cause any pops which as you know can damage gear.

You are welcome.

I know what you mean about the pops or thuds being louder sometimes more than others and it frustrated me to no end.

Since you already a conditioner on its way I think it will be less expensive/less time consuming than buying/building a circuit.

Good luck.

Most devices don't mind at all being powered on and off through an external switch. There may be some designs where the internal power switch also controls e.g. a soft start circuit. I haven't seen anything like that in a long time.
It is simply a myth that it is better to leave electrical devices powered on. The opposite is true: the devices will age must faster if you leave them on. And, it is a waste of energy.

It is true that incandescent light bulbs suffer when you turn them on because the cold filement has a lower resistance than the hot one, i.e. it is drawing a high current during the warm-up phase. Thus, if you want to install low voltage halogen lighting, I would recommend using an electronic transformer with build-in soft start.
Today, all CFLs have electronic transformers. They also don't mind at all being turned on of off. 

There are cases where the order may matter. For example, if your audio interface produces an glitch when you turn it on and your amplifier only turns on the outputs after a few seconds to protect the speakers from its own glitch, then it would be smart to turn on both devices at the same time (rather than turning on the amplifier before the audio interface) so that the glitch form the interface would not matter.

For some cases, a master/slave power strip is a neat thing. My UPS has slave outputs. When I turn on my computer, the UPS also enables power on additional outlets that are not backed up by the battery. I use those outputs for devices that need more power, e.g. my monitors and the printer. When I am done, I turn off the UPS completely. Anything that has power is potentially a fire hazard.

Wilko

Guitarhacker


I don't get a pop from mine, and I turn them on and off with a switch all the time.

what kind of monitors do you have?  are they powered or thru an amp?

I don't turn the mixer on until the speakers are on, tho.

I found this weird computer power conditioner that has 6 switches on it. Each plug on the back is controlled by a switch. They are marked Computer,printer , monitor etc.
It bad to turn stuff off in the wrong order, I always turn my power amp off first.

johnnyV


I found this weird computer power conditioner that has 6 switches on it. Each plug on the back is controlled by a switch. They are marked Computer,printer , monitor etc.
It bad to turn stuff off in the wrong order, I always turn my power amp off first.

i have almost the same identical one..i use it for my speakers,a small desk lamp and a few other misc. things

The amplifier or the powered monitors should be the last component you turn on (if it is not possible to turn them all on at the same time). 
If your amp is already on and your audio interface or mixer or phantom power causes a pop, you will hear it, and that is a least annoying.

Wilko

On
1- Computer and interface
2- Mixer
3-Power amp- Speaker system
 
Off Reverse sequence 3 2 1
 
This also applies to live sound. Always turn on you mixer before you power up speaker system.

 
+1

mike_mccue


How about if you like the sound of the "pop"?

It's not like it hurts anything... and it might bring pleasure.

Well by all means............Pop away!

I power up the speakers last.  that doesn't stop or even affect how loud the pop is.

digi2ns


Hmmm  Wonder if its a Behringer Design Flaw. I power mine up last ON-First OFF when using them to eliminate that and everything is ran through power conditioners. Any other poewr on/off config slams em.

well, but I don't have a power conditioner yet, so maybe that will help.

Wilko  - thanks
I don't like the AUTO switch at all.  They don't always sense the current when I start playing something, so they stay in "standby"

they don't pop in that auto mode, but they don't come on when they should either, so I don't like using AUTO.