Leaving DAC on all the time OK?


I have a Museteax IDAT that I leave on all the time. The power button is on the back of it and the DAC sits in my cabinet so it is difficult to turn it off. When the transport is off the dac is trying to lock onto a signal. Since their isn't any signal the blue led light on the dac blinks. Am I wearing out the dac prematurely? How long before the unit needs to be serviced? Thanks in advance. Phil Brady.
philbrady

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In response to your initial question I would agree with Jond, leave the DAC and the transport on.

However, since the topic has gone a bit further into the value of warm-up from cold start vs a constant on condition I've made an observation with a SS CDP left on 24/7.

When the rest of the system has been operating well past any reasonable warm up point (all tubes) when I use this CDP (Wadia) initially the upper frequencies are definitely overbearing in the highs. Dissapears within about 30 minutes or less (replayed the disc to verify). Thereafter, in that session there is no problem whatsoever.

Anyone else observed this in a different, or same, devices?