Send an email to the manufacturer and ask their opinion. I run Hegel equipment with soft start circuitry. Hegel recommends turning the eqipment off when not in use. I've left it all powered on 24/7 for a week and it just heats the room up. Since you know when you will be using the system, just power it up a couple hours beforehand. SS eqipment requires very little time to reach peak performance. I know many believe always on is best, I'm just not in that camp. But they may be right. Do what makes you sleep easy at night. Cheers.
Leave system on or power everything down?
Hi All,
I know this is a frequent topic. But I'm looking for all of your expert advice on this. My HT system consists of:
Krell Foundation 4K - processor
Earthquake Cinenova Grande 5 channel power amp
DENAFRIPS Ares II 12th - DAC
4 SVS SB4000 subs
The wife and I only use our theater room Friday through Sunday. Monday through Thursday we just hang out in our living room.
Since the HT system is off 4 days straight, I have recently started to turn all master power switches to off on the Krell, Earthquake, DENAFRIPS, and all 4 subs. The Earthquake only has the 1 power switch unlike other amps which have a "standby".
What do you think, should I leave everything on or in standby or better to power all off? And if standby is the consensus, what about the Earthquake amp? Leave that on or switch off?
Thank you in advance!
Best Regards,
Brian
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@kingbr Was just hoping to get a consensus here rather than making 4 calls. Consensus? This is Audiogon 🤣 Last thought. We are talking about turning your equipment on/off once per day, not many times. In that case, heat will do more dsmsge to you equipment over time when its lust left on. IMHO |
@soix Not to diminish or question your experience. I'm sure Steve McCormack knows a lot. But other manufacturers hold the exact opposite opinion and suggest turning equipment off when not in use. Again, we are talking about on/off once per day and not repeated cycles every hour or two. In the end, this question, like so many, falls into the "you are correct Sir" category. That is to say, whatever opinion is given by an individual, the only appropriate response is "You are correct Sir" 😃 |
@soix You are correct Sir. 🤣 Cheers. |