Do you leave your components on 24/7?


Lately I've been leaving my components on all the time, on the assumption that a) they'll be ready when I want to listen, and b) the on/off cycle ages the equipment (tubes, anyway) faster than leaving everything on. Is the latter a reasonable assumption?
cmjones

Showing 5 responses by sebrof

"all S.S. components must remain "fully charged" to offer best operation. I could hear difference after the 20th day."

I cannot for the life of me imagine what in those boxes would need 20 days to "charge"...
20 minutes? Sure
20 hours? OK, I'll play along
20 days?
I often find myself looking for that elusive balance between "you don't know until you hear it" and "this absolutely does not jibe with what we know about how things work", in this case electricity and electronics.
I think people give way to much credence to what the manufacturers say, specifically to reliability and turning the amp off or leaving it on. I'd bet most have no hard data to prove either way, it costs a lot of money to do those types of studies and it takes a long time. There is no reason for a manufacturer to incur those costs.
If they told everyone to turn it off when not in use, there would be some portion of the user population that would turn off / on multiple times each day. This is what they're probably trying to avoid by telling everyone to leave on 24 x 7. That, and it sounds sexier if you are told that the amp you just bought "Needs to be left on to sound its best."
Tinsorosk - If Taxis are left running it's because the driver wants to stay warm.
And I don't think any cab hit 1 million miles, it is certainly not routine. (Wiki says one of the 20-year old Checkers got almost 1 million miles, probably with a few overhauls).
03-09-11: Audiofeil
>>03-09-11: Sebrof
I think people give way to(sp) much credence(sp) to what the manufacturers say<<
Good point.
It would be silly to think the manufacturers know more about their products than you.

Never said I new more, I just said they're is little reason for the manufacturer to do the test so in most cases they do not, and that their are other reasons for releasing statements two customers then what mite look at face value.
03-09-11: Rodman99999
"Blah, blah, blah! "

You could have stopped there The rest of your post was redundant.