[linux-audio-user] Could my system be harmed by "pop"

[Daniel James]

> I'm an audiophile (how many of you are?)

It occurs to me that most musicians are interested in sound quality. 
However, some audiophiles are more interested in the science of sound 
rather than actually listening to music, and I find this very dull. 
You can tell people like that if they spent a lot on hi-fi but don't 
have any good records, or choose records because they show off the 
equipment rather than because they like the music...

> I have hooked my sound card
> directly to my amp (a Carver TFM-75x) which puts out about 380
> watts per channel into 8 ohms.

As I understand it, cheaper amps have a built-in anti-thump circuit, 
but audiophile amps don't because it would interfere with the signal 
path. So I'd recommend always dropping the power amp level to zero 
before rebooting your box.
 
Cheers

Daniel