SLP-05 Making Its Way to Alaska!

[pstrisik]

Starting new thread to keep the title proper..........

I will now be an SLP-05 owner! In transit as I type. Scheduled to be here Thursday or Friday.

Didn't think I would stray from Conrad Johnson, but curiosity and upgraditus won.

I will have questions, no doubt!

[Higgens]

Congratulations. I predict you are really going to like the Cary.

[Banter]

Congrates! You will love that pre. Very good synergy with most other amps. I have found their stock tubes to be very good.

[essjay]

congrats on the purchase!!

this is the one of two upgrades i have been lusting after for a while now...please do share your experience with it when it gets put into use.

[pstrisik]

Originally Posted by essjay

congrats on the purchase!!

this is the one of two upgrades i have been lusting after for a while now...please do share your experience with it when it gets put into use.

Thanks, and I certainly will post impressions. I will be coming from a Conrad Johnson Premier 17LS, so it will make for an interesting comparison. I will try to refrain from serious listening at least until I can let it run for some hours. I don't think I can wait until 100 though!

I will first be running it with a CJ Premier 11A (70 wpc with KT-120's). But I am replacing that with a pair of CJ LP-125M's (125 watts each, also with KT-120's) before very long (one is in for service). Speakers are 1973 AR2ax three-way sealed (acoustic suspension) that I've fully restored with new pots, caps, foam surrounds and oil finish).

[pstrisik]

First question ........

I will be integrating the 05 with my home theater setup. One of the side benefits of this preamp is that I can use the HT bypass with the unit switched off. Ideally, I would like to be able to switch it on with my universal remote when listening to two channel. I wish it had 12v trigger in rather than two triggers out only.

But I've figured a way to trigger power on and off to the 05. Can someone tell me if it would work and, if so, would it be potentially harmful to leave the pre switched on and turn power to it on and off externally? That is, if I leave the power switches on the pre and power supply on and turn on power to it from a switch the pre's power cord is plugged in to, will the pre turn on completely and would that be safe?

Thanks...........

[asindc]

Originally Posted by pstrisik

Thanks, and I certainly will post impressions. I will be coming from a Conrad Johnson Premier 17LS, so it will make for an interesting comparison. I will try to refrain from serious listening at least until I can let it run for some hours. I don't think I can wait until 100 though!

I will first be running it with a CJ Premier 11A (70 wpc with KT-120's). But I am replacing that with a pair of CJ LP-125M's (125 watts each, also with KT-120's) before very long (one is in for service). Speakers are 1973 AR2ax three-way sealed (acoustic suspension) that I've fully restored with new pots, caps, foam surrounds and oil finish).

I think you're going to love it. If you want, you can leave it on 24/7. I've called Cary about it, and they said it is not only fine to do do, but desirable.

[pstrisik]

Originally Posted by asindc

I think you're going to love it. If you want, you can leave it on 24/7. I've called Cary about it, and they said it is not only fine to do do, but desirable.

Really!? What kind of tube life is expected with 24/7?

I can see how it is desirable sonically with the unit at stable temperature all the time. There is also the argument that the preamp itself would last longer without repeated heating and cooling. But I don't want to replace eight tubes very often!

[Higgens]

I think the 24/7 suggestion was only to accelerate the break-in period.

[asindc]

Originally Posted by pstrisik

Really!? What kind of tube life is expected with 24/7?

I can see how it is desirable sonically with the unit at stable temperature all the time. There is also the argument that the preamp itself would last longer without repeated heating and cooling. But I don't want to replace eight tubes very often!

Originally Posted by gmahon

I think the 24/7 suggestion was only to accelerate the break-in period.

Unlike tubes in amps, tubes in preamps generally have a life expectancy of hundreds of hours. This isn't coming from just Cary, BTW, but from different sources I've read over the years. I'll try to find links. Maybe someone with a better understanding of the "why" can explain. I keep mine on full time and I haven't had to change tubes in the two years I've owned my 05.