My DACs and Players I leave on all the time. Most DACs I have play best after a week, so there is not much choice here.
But I am unsure about my tube A class amp, it needs 2 hours to sound full (maybe after more it goes even better, didn't test that). It has 9 tubes, draws constantly almost 300W and runs very hot. Now I don't care much about tube lifespan (I even believe on all the time is better for them, than 5x on/off per day!) or electricity bills, but about getting the darn house on fire or breaking this high end capacitors. It is so annoying needing to wait 2 hours for a proper listening session. I think I will get myself $1k++ power conditioner (should help when something bad happens with amp??) and just leave it on all the time except when travelling... Just not sure about the room temperatures when comming home after work when this thing was on.
But I am unsure about my tube A class amp, it needs 2 hours to sound full (maybe after more it goes even better, didn't test that). It has 9 tubes, draws constantly almost 300W and runs very hot. Now I don't care much about tube lifespan (I even believe on all the time is better for them, than 5x on/off per day!) or electricity bills, but about getting the darn house on fire or breaking this high end capacitors. It is so annoying needing to wait 2 hours for a proper listening session. I think I will get myself $1k++ power conditioner (should help when something bad happens with amp??) and just leave it on all the time except when travelling... Just not sure about the room temperatures when comming home after work when this thing was on.