When do light bulbs fail? Upon turn on 98% of the time from the stress of the current surge and going from cold to hot. There is no doubt that warmed up sounds better. 25 years ago I left my Audio Research pre-amp and amp on all the time. Then for a variety of reason I went to solid state and I left them on all of the time for years and they never failed(Con Ed was happy though). Now I am back to tubes and I turn them on in the am and off in the pm when I go to bed. I leave the tubed cd player on all the time. When do light bulbs fail? On turn on 98% of the time from the electrical shock.
To leave on or not to leave on, that is the ?
Dear members,
I tend to leave on, all the time, my CDP/transport and dac (Wadia 23 and Audiomeca Enkianthus). An audio engineer friend has just adviced me that he believes it shortens the life of the gear (I had heard this before about DAT recorders and do keep mine off until it is used). He thinks warming it up before critical listening is good but not to keep them on constantly.
I do turn all equipment off when the fear of thunderstorms or ice storms is present but generally all my equipment, including the SDS controller for my VPI, stays on always.
I am really screwing up something? Advice, as always, is greatly appreciated.
I tend to leave on, all the time, my CDP/transport and dac (Wadia 23 and Audiomeca Enkianthus). An audio engineer friend has just adviced me that he believes it shortens the life of the gear (I had heard this before about DAT recorders and do keep mine off until it is used). He thinks warming it up before critical listening is good but not to keep them on constantly.
I do turn all equipment off when the fear of thunderstorms or ice storms is present but generally all my equipment, including the SDS controller for my VPI, stays on always.
I am really screwing up something? Advice, as always, is greatly appreciated.