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From: rogerk@uunet.uu.net (Roger Knopf 5502)
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Subject: Re: Class A amps
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Date: 3 Oct 90 13:08:40 GMT
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In article <6688@uwm.edu> you write:
>
>It would be simple to design a class A amp with a juice saving mode.
>Put a switch on the front: Standby/Listen.  When in the standby position,
>the amp would just keep the current flowing through the heaters of the
>tubes and shut down everything else.  The amp could be left running like
>this to extend tube life.

The Kinergetics goes into this mode when you power off - it runs a
trickle charge to the electronics, or so I am told.

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