Looking for a rack case today and...

[DJE0716]

Looking for a rack today to put my pre and poweramp into. The pre has the power switch on the back, the poweramp has it on the front. What would YOU use? Leave it all on and get a multi-switch unit? Some kind of open rack thing?

 

[Liam Wald]

I really hate rack gear that puts the on/off switch on the back...
If you have an open space you could get a power conditioner plug everything into it and use the on/off of the power conditioner.

 

[DJE0716]

That's what I was most likely going to do, I'm always just a little leery of everything coming on at once.

 

[Bassmann1968]

You could also use a master/slave extension socket.

Or if you got a problem with everything switching on at once you could use a sequencer.

 

[vmabus]

Use the power conditioner to switch the preamp; switch the power amp manually.

 

[JimiLL]

Some power strips have sequential start up, depending on what you plug in where

 

[JACink]

You can also get individual sockets, and put an inline switch on each of the, placing the switches on the front.

But seeing that the poweramp already has the switch on the front, turn on the power conditioner (or powerstrip) first, and then turn on the power amp. Problem solved.