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Does anyone leave their amp and preamp on all the time?

I listen most nights after work. I find that the system takes a while to warm up and sounds it's best if it has been shut off. So I leave it on. I always have and this is vintage stuff. The amp is a 25/25 Bedini class A. It stays warm but never hot. It has never caused an issue but recently I've been speaking with others that were stunned that I would do this. So let me know if I'm the only one that lets it run. Do you shut off the equipment after each session?
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atmasphere
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I warm my amps up in Standby. With no B+ on the power tubes, they last a lot longer.
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atmasphere
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When I owned a solid state preamp many years ago, it had to be on for about a week before it sounded right. Friends of mine with solid state preamps tell me that the week long thing really hasn't changed.

My current preamp is all tube and has to be on for about 20 minutes to sound right, and seems to get to where the warmup is going after about 2 hours.
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