How is your power bill?

My bill went up from $80 to $180 when I bought a pair of Krell Evo 600. Now I turn them off after listening instead putting them on stand by to save money.

At one time I had some Lamm 1.1 monoblocks as well as a few of the Krell pure class A heat hog amps and my power bill was at least $60 more a month. That's one thing I pay attention to anymore when buying equipment; what is the power consumption (guess I've gone green).

Nickt: Did it make a significant difference?

My power bill (in Houston, Tx, where power is paradoxically expensive) goes up by about $150/mo. if I play the stereo a lot. There are 23 tubes plus two isolation transformers in use when vinyl is playing, so some of the cost is additional A/C to counteract all those space heaters. The two channel system sounds great with video, but due to the cost, I now use it infrequently for tv. If you're complaining about paying $70/mo - good grief. Mine is at least 5x that, in a modest apartment. And down south, you will avoid Obabma's plan to raise rates for all US residents, during a recession, with the carbon-swap scheme.