If you run SS I would leave on all the time, as mention above, it's harder on the equipment. Some SS components have stand by and really all it does is shut the display off and and at most a few curcuits inside. I own both SS and tubes. My amps, Preamp and Transport are SS and stay on 24/7. My Phono Stage and Dac are tubes so they get shut off after each listening session but the are warmed up 15-30 prior to listening. If you ask any SS company about this most if not all will tell you to leave SS on all the times. When I shut off my SS gear for some reason it takes 24-48 to sound it's best again. Sometimes I forget to turn my tube stuff off and Iv'e had no problems as the tubes in my eq will last about 8000-10,000 hours. About the only bad thing is my electric bill is high as hell but what isn't in California, The Enron BS, were still paying for that crap! Happy Listening
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.