Leave it on?


I just listened to Paul McGowan explain that turning SS equipment on and off degrades the capacitors from the tiny power surge and that leaving SS equipment on ALL THE TIME is best. What do you do? 

maprik

Showing 1 response by kingbr

I have posted this in the past and got like a 50/50 response, half say on, half say off. My main HT system, I only use Friday-Sunday. I used to leave everything on even though I wasn’t using it for 4 days. I have since switched my thinking and now I shut everything off (subs, amp, processor, streamer) using the power switch when I go to bed on Sunday night. Then, on Thursday night, I switch everything back on but don’t play anything until Friday AM. Then I let the system run on low volume throughout the day on Friday while I’m at work. That way it’s super warmed up and ready to go. Seems to work great.

 

I just figured leaving everything on for 4 days while not in use just doesn’t make sense. My amp is an Earthquake Cinenove Grande 5 channel…