Turning the volume down and standby essentially does the same thing - it keeps signal from hitting cold tubes.
Exactly.
You know, I'm wondering about the preamp section now though. I'm trying to remember if the preamp is "live" even in standby mode. I know the power section isn't, but what about the preamp? I don't think it is.
Like I said...I don't know if he really knows...but he seems to know too much.
Anyway....if you're still building an amp, I see he has a whole lot of other info links about amp designs and whatnot on his home page...maybe there's something there of value....?
Well yeah...I like standby switches too.
I meant there seems to be a lot of other amp info on his home page...about all kinds of tube amp shit...I didn't look through it, but I see a lot of it has to do with amp designs and stuff.
Speaking of which...I just got The Tube Amp Book, written by Aspen Pittman, the original Groove Tubes guy.
Well I don't have it yet, it's on it's way, but it looks like it's full of great historical info and also it has a lot of schematics of classic amp designs and whatnot. Should be a nice read, if for nothing else but while in the John....