Simple question about my amp amp and pre-amp

[bturk667]

I live my equipment on 24/7 365 days a year.

[markw]

Dunno if you find this relevant but when we power up shows, we always turn on working from the source towards the power amps. This prevents power on transients (loud honkin' pops and thunks) from getting thru the power amps to the speakers.

When powering down, we reverse the process, turning the power amps off first, then the crossovers, eq, etc... Again, this prevents any unwelcome noises from getting to the speakers,

[Geoffcin]

Dunno if you find this relevant but when we power up shows, we always turn on working from the source towards the power amps. This prevents power on transients (loud honkin' pops and thunks) from getting thru the power amps to the speakers.

When powering down, we reverse the process, turning the power amps off first, then the crossovers, eq, etc... Again, this prevents any unwelcome noises from getting to the speakers,

That's the right way to do it.

Source FIRST, then preamp, then power amp. Make sure to have the gain at full attenuation before hitting the amp on switch!

[kexodusc]

Folks, I appreciate you all taking the time to comment. I belive there probably is a "best" way to do this, most industrial equipment comes with such recommendations. Source to amp makes sense to me, so I'll go with that for now...incidentally, that's what I've been doing. I doubt the noises at my speakers really cause any damage, but why take the chance?
Thanks again.