Always ON?

I like to chop down Saguaro cacti, and then let them dry out, because their internal skeletons make great firewood! So have I found a great alternative fuel source, or what :-)

I was always sceptical about leaving the eloctronics on for the extended periods of time, until I accidently left my Aleph 3 on for 24 hours. Holly $#!%! It was like listening totally different rig. My system sounded better than ever.

Ari, are you saying that as a nation, we should go on squandering our resources, because (pick one)

a. It's a good thing (just ask Martha)

b. It's not going to make any difference anyway (oil is going up to $9/gal. no matter what we do.)

I always leave all my equipment on .Some of my amps especially the yba passion 1000 and the gryphon antileon signature (can also be used as room heater in the winter) take hours to equilibrate.Most electronic devices are subjected to a voltage surge when turn on which can lead to failures.Solid state devices like to operate at steady temperatures and to avoid fatigue failure due to thermal cycling which occurs everytime you turn your equipment on or off.I have very little tube equipment and cannot speak to the best options there.

My last solid state equipment lasted 20 years before I grew tired of it and needed to upgrade. I turned it off after every listening session and it never failed once because of thermal cycling.

Chuck