First impressions

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I was going to measure power consumption when playing loud bass (ie lots of SAM correction) but have mislaid my power meter. I will do it when it turns up.
I can measure the Phantoms with lots of bass, my Animas which only require 500 milliwatts to be the same loudness as silver Phantoms flat out, and my LS50s with SAM, which will also need lots of power when using SAM and deep bass. But not until I come across the meter...

Timing the boot time of the Phantoms is a problem since there is no real way of knowing if they are up without launching Spark and seeing if it sees them both. If it doesn't see either it sits and waits but I do not know how frequently it is polling them so have no idea how soon after they are fully up that Spark goes to the next stage of its launch.
I just plug 'em in a few minutes before I plan to listen.

Thanks. I look forward to your measurements when you find your meter.
What you said about the Phantoms make sense, and I'm glad to hear that they work well being unplugged then powered before listening.