Another thought -- is your switched power strip adjustable such that you could change the "power off" delay on the amp? I've got a similar setup, with a Panamax that delays turning the amps on until 10 seconds after everything else and turns the amps off right when the receiver goes off (other equipment turns off a few seconds later). If you can't do something similar, I think your plan to just leave the ICBM on would work very well.

EDIT: oops -- mis-read your first post, I see that your amp is waiting 20 seconds to power off when the receiver goes off. If that delay is fixed in the amp (can't be set to 0) or if there is another reason to leave the delay at 20 seconds, I'd just go with leaving the ICBM no.

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[This message has been edited by gonk (edited March 29, 2002).]