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@nrenter My system is solid-state, so I never turn it off anyways. Other than increasing your electric bill, heating your room and shortening the life of your equipment, why would you leave the system powered up 24/7? Does the manufacturer of your amp(s) specifically call for always on? Just wondering the reason. Cheers. |
Electric bill - insignificant Heat - insignificant Shortening the life of equipment - From both a theoretical perspective (I have a EE degree) and a practical perspective (I’ve had components powered on continually for 17+ years) your presumption is a myth. Now there are some caveats - properly designed heat dissipation and proper ventilation. Shove a Class A amp under a mattress and, yes, bad things will happen. But solid state components do need time to stabilize to sound their best, and I don’t have the time or patience to wait. |
@nrenter +10. SS equipment can be left on, many manufacturers recommend leaving them powered up unless you will be not using them for a prolonged period of time. |
@nrenter My big SS mono blocks and preamp are Hegel. I have posed this question to Hegel. They're take is the equipment has soft start circuitry, that SS equipment requires only few minutes to warm up and constant power just shortens the lifespan. I can't see any reason they are giving me bad advice. In the end, whatever makes us happy. Cheers. |
@bigtwin, that’s great! You should listen to the manufacturer. However, my commentary still stands. |
I'm an old guy. I grew up on vinyl, CD, cassette tape, reel to reel and 8 track tape. I have a very expensive, high resolution audio system. But, at this juncture, all I do is stream from Tidal, Qobuz and downloads. Why? The combination of convenience and the fantastic sound quality of streamed music ultimately won me over. I just made sure I used very high quality devices to stream my music, which produce outstanding and very compelling sound quality through my system. High end audio is one, big, expensive toy store. And you get to decide which toys you like playing with. Whatever turns you on. Happy listening. |
If I’m not sleeping, I’m streaming. Mostly Internet Radio, but Qobuz playlists too. Like @kennymacc , good equipment makes it a joy to listen to music, and I seemingly never get tired of it. |
@kennymacc +1 probably the only difference between you and me is that I’m older, lol. |
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