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
jasonsim

Showing 1 response by melbguyone

@Jasonism, In the case of your Esoteric player, because it is a well built solid state player, I wouldn’t see any issue with leaving it on 24/7. Though I’d suggest checking the manual to see if you can switch the display off. You don’t want to have to bring your player in prematurely to replace an led or diode in the display. If it was a tubed CD player, leaving on the player 24/7 would be unadvisable.

The only caveats are you should have robust surge/spike/over-voltage protection upstream of your system. Clipsal, Carling Technologies and other companies provide good domestic solutions. Some power conditioners such as Gigawatt also incorporate surge and over-voltage protection. The other caveat is, If you leave your player on all the time, make sure you turn the player off (incl: mains power) before jiggling or removing the power cable to your player (and I know from whence I speak).