Use power conditioner to turn off amp

I use my old Adcom ACE515 for my amp and everything else. It's held up pretty well for maybe 15 years or so, and has never been upset.

Elizabeth...My ACE515 has a sequencing system that kicks in when you hit the front switch turning on the preamp circuits (and anything else in those non-power amp outlets) first, and waits 10 seconds before powering up the amp plugs, which is sort of a main point of the thing...that and filtering. When switched off, it turns the amp plugs off immediately and the other stuff 30 seconds later. Of the 2 cords on it, one is a 3 prong main cable and the other is a 2 prong "switching" cable to allow it be be activitated by the switched plug in some preamps (like Adcom preamps).

I'm much happier turning my gear off when I'm not around (or overnight). For me the much discussed issue is simple: Leaving gear on 24/7 is wasteful self indulgence that yields very minimal or no sonic benefit and bugs the crap out of me. I've listened extensively with and without my trusty old ACE515 and it doesn't degrade anything. I might be lucky with that one. I do use a PS Audio Humbuster III to quiet amp transformers, and a couple of Pangea P100s that keep things stable and quiet, but after stuff warms up a bit it sounds great, and that's that.