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 oddiofyl

I do not subscribe to that philosophy.    Many devices today have a standby or remote IR sensor so they are "on" sort of.   And if they have a mechanical switch I use it.

My main set up is all tube and that is only on when I'm listening and have time to listen for a few hours 

My second system is Solid State and has a full function remote.  Plus it has Auto Off so I let it do that when there's no signal for 20 min .  Either way it's " off" when not in use 

If it's got an I.R. window its always on .