[A6] power.

[cgould11 at tampabay.rr.com]

Because turning on / off equipment may also damage
equipment over time, depending on how good your 
power supply is and how thoroughly it prevents the
initial power "spike".

I think today's electronic equipment is designed
so this isn't an issue as much. I've had one spike
wipe half the A6 memory card but I'm thinking this
was a bit more unusual of a circumstance. (Just 
remember to back things up!) Some older synths
really had rotten power supplies, much worse than
the A6 could possibly ever be. So I imagine the
"rumor" was started particularly for paranoid 
owners of these machines.

----- Original Message -----
From: "F.A.S Truhan III" <vampeiyre at earthlink.net>
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2005 7:01 pm
Subject: Re: [A6] power.

> > 24/7 power on is a popular myth.  There is no 
> > benefit from it, 
> in fact
> you can DAMAGE gear leaving it on 24/7/365.  I've seen this myth 
> so many
> times that I got tired of going into detail.
> 
> 	How DID that goofy myth start/perpetuate? To me it seemed such an
> obviously erroneous concept I can't see how it ever gained any 
> semblance of
> validity.