Amp — Leave on or turn off


I always turned my Benchmark AHB2 amp off after use every night. After all, why is there an on off switch on the front panel if not to do that? Last night I accidentally left it on. This morning, when I played my first record, I couldn’t believe my ears. The same record I played last night sounded infinitely better. I tried a second record and that, too, was much better.
I know there’s a debate on the question of leaving an amp on all the time.
I now know where I stand!

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Unfortunately climate change is here to stay and the weather will absolutely get weirder for decades to come. Maybe our grandchildren will figure something out (shoot millions of tiny umbrellas into space?) but when the gulf stream stops, the ocean fish disappear, the permafrost lets out all its stored carbon, and forest fire smoke gives us all lung issues, we may take it all seriously, although that's unlikely. So leave your car running as hey...it works better all warmed up. Leave your amps on if you think it's important...turn the AC down low enough to use the fireplace in summer...go crazy...who cares?

Leave them on all the time or turn them off at night It will not make a big enough impact if you are worried about the environment besides there is not enough audiophiles left to be concerned about. I leave my system on all the time because it sounds better and I don't care. 

 

I'm using class D amps and they usually stay on 24/7, so does the Pass B1 preamp. I only turn them off if I leave for more than 24H. And when I do, it sure takes a little while to fully "bloom" again.

Believe it or not, the only device I turn off at night is the DAC, because it draws more current than the rest (crazy, huh) and has this fluorescent display that you can't switch off and is, as all fluorescent displays, prone to aging.