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I'm the original owner of a pair of CLS IIz's that have been in cold storage for about the last 9 years. Cold as in not climate controlled. They were however stored in their original shipping cartons with the panels in their plastic sleeves separate from the power supplies and everything still looks to be in perfect condition.
That said I'm looking for advice concerning the right way to un-mothball them. My concern is that there is always the chance that some component in the power supply has failed and the last thing I want is to ruin a panel because something like the high voltage is off.
So my first thought was it would be best to power on the electronics without connecting them to the panels. Does anyone have any reason to believe this would be a problem? Assuming it isn't my next question is whether it might be wise to put them on a Variac and slowly increase the supply voltage rather than just plugging them into 110 volts?
According to the chart my speakers were manufactured in July 1997 so they are just shy of 18 years old.
Any suggestions as to the best procedure to fire these up would be welcome.
That said I'm looking for advice concerning the right way to un-mothball them. My concern is that there is always the chance that some component in the power supply has failed and the last thing I want is to ruin a panel because something like the high voltage is off.
So my first thought was it would be best to power on the electronics without connecting them to the panels. Does anyone have any reason to believe this would be a problem? Assuming it isn't my next question is whether it might be wise to put them on a Variac and slowly increase the supply voltage rather than just plugging them into 110 volts?
According to the chart my speakers were manufactured in July 1997 so they are just shy of 18 years old.
Any suggestions as to the best procedure to fire these up would be welcome.