Right. I've had that too. Just one problem. SS left on 24/7/365 still doesn't sound as good as tubes on 20 minutes.
You just made me think of something. What if you took a ear bud apart to expose the driver. Put a tiny little dab of Blue-Tack on it. Stick a bit of sorbothane on the Blue-Tack. Mount it on a little pedestal with the driver pointing up. Connect it to your iPod. Set the stylus down on it. Now you can warm up the cart and phono stage without any stylus wear.
You just made me think of something. What if you took a ear bud apart to expose the driver. Put a tiny little dab of Blue-Tack on it. Stick a bit of sorbothane on the Blue-Tack. Mount it on a little pedestal with the driver pointing up. Connect it to your iPod. Set the stylus down on it. Now you can warm up the cart and phono stage without any stylus wear.