I've been told that tube amps can get damaged if you unplug the speaker cable while it's on. Fair enough, but here's my problem:
Often while recording I use two different amps, and I switch between them all the time. This means hitting the standby, hitting the power switch, waiting for a while, pulling out the cable and moving it to the other amp, hit the power switch, wait for the tubes to warm up, hitting the standby and THEN we're ready to go.
Ok, it's annoying that this takes time, but in my book it can't really be healthy for the tubes to turn the amps on and off and on and off again several times during the cause of a day.
What I'm wondering is:
* Would it be possible to move the cable while both amps are in standby or would that too damage the amps?
* If so, is there any switch that I could use that still kept the load on both amps?
Often while recording I use two different amps, and I switch between them all the time. This means hitting the standby, hitting the power switch, waiting for a while, pulling out the cable and moving it to the other amp, hit the power switch, wait for the tubes to warm up, hitting the standby and THEN we're ready to go.
Ok, it's annoying that this takes time, but in my book it can't really be healthy for the tubes to turn the amps on and off and on and off again several times during the cause of a day.
What I'm wondering is:
* Would it be possible to move the cable while both amps are in standby or would that too damage the amps?
* If so, is there any switch that I could use that still kept the load on both amps?