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Should a CDP be left on 24/7 or shut off & on?

I read once on Audio Critique that digital eqipment should be left constantly on. Over the weekend I had to disconnect my Rega Planet Original for for 24+ hours and, frankly, do not hear any difference from when it was constantly on. This obviously is difficult to A/B.
What do you do with your digital equipment: leave it on 24/7 or power it down when not in use?

Thanks.
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lakefrontroad
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It may depend on what equipment you have.

I find that the Audio Aero Capitol II does need warm up time.
lakefrontroad
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Isn't that a thought?

I leave all my gear on fulltime and turn the dac and cd transport's display's off.

The Capitole is on all the time unless you turn off the switch in the back. I have a friend who has been concerned with lightning strikes, so he turns off his DarTZeel and Capitole II. It's awful. I ask him to put the system on in the morning if I'm coming over at night.

It simply doesn't fill out without being on.
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