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Any harm to leaving my SACD player on all the time to toslink input?

I have an Esoteric K-05 SACD / DAC.  I run my XBox One S's optical out to the optical input on the Esoteric and just leave the player on all the time; so I don't need to turn it back on and select the optical input via the mode switch.  I know...I'm lazy, but I have kids and I'm trying to make thing easy for them too.

Is it okay to leave this thing on all the time?  With the rest of the system off, the Esoteric's screen blinks constantly with 'Opt' on the display screen.  I guess it is searching for a signal.  Will this mess up or burn in the LED display? 

I am considering getting a cheap (relative) little DAC just for the XBox as an alternative.  Considering things like Cambridge DacMagic 100.  Ideas?

Thanks,
Jason
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@melbguyone thanks for the response and suggestions. I do have a Shunyata Talos conditioner where I plug in all of my components. 

@hanki thanks for the tip on leaving a disc in the player. I always leave a disc in, so that might be a serious consideration as I don’t want to prematurely wear out the mechanical parts. 

@jl35 that’s interesting. I have an Auralic Aries mini streamer connected to the Esoteric CD players via SPDIF. I also, as I originally posted, have an XBox One S connected to it via TOSLINK. Are you saying that the inputs are not isolated from the CD section?  

Thanks to all for the feedback. Much appreciated. 
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