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Klipsch owners
- Thread starter pak
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i have promedia 4.1s and since they don't have a power button they just stay on all the time. hasn't hurt anything yet and i've been doing it like that for over two years
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Even though I shouldn't, I have to admit I leave my 2.1's on all the time. Though, I also never have my surround sound receiver on or plugged in at all lately.
I agree the one thing I would have wished for would be a on/off switch on the speakers instead of the sub, but a simple remote switch for that could be rigged. In fact, I may do that today.
- Blackstar
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i was actually just sitting here thinking about it and i got these in ~2001-2002 so that means they have been on for ~5-6 years with no ill effects
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I have these at work and been on for 5+ years now.
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I owned the promedia 2.1s for 5 years before I got the 5500s, they were on all the time, nothing happened to them.
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I have had mine on for years as well. I don't think it's an issue with the system, but it is a rather needless waste of electricity. 240 watts is nothing to sneeze at when multiplied by 365 days a year. I convinced myself. I just turned mine off for the first time since I installed them.
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Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it is consuming 240 watts when it is idle.
--pak
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You may be right, Pak, but if you feel the sub woofer when it's idle it is still pretty warm indicating a fair use of wattage. Honestly, I never thought about it much before, but with electricity costing what it does these days it seems to make some sense.
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I have seen some people that put their speakers. monitor. and printer on a power strip mounted under their desktop. When they are away it is a simple flip of a single switch to cut them all off.
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240w output, probably only takes in 50w peak off of the AC line
You sir have broken the laws of thermodynamics! For shame!
It has a PEAK output of 240 watts, which means that you have to turn them a) all the way up and b) put a hell of an input signal into em to max out that rating. At idle their power draw would depend on how they bias the speakers, class a would probably draw the most power at idle with class d being the least (but I know they don't use D). Since audio people are all funny about switch mode power supplies introducing noise, they PSU that powers your sub is a linear one, which is less efficient and gives off lots of heat. So just at idle its probably pushing out some watts. I would bet though, you probably don't draw more than 10/20W at idle. The volume knob should have no effect because it should regulate the input signal, and not the amplification.
