Do you leave your components on 24/7?

I should have emphasized that I was referring to vintage gear (my specialty, and what I listen to at home), and since I typically like to buy once (I drive a 16 year old Corolla) long term reliability is paramount 'cause this boy don't like to repair his own gear.

The Nagra pyramids run so cool I doubt you'd see heat damage for over 10 years or more.

My shop is also McIntosh Labs and several other brands, and the same applies. After SEVERAL years, you can tell which units never get turned off, even CD players in the power supply areas.

If you only keep new units for a few years, leave it on.

Paperw8, This thread and post was the one I believe. [http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1296956886&openfrom&13&4#13]

03-08-11: Hifihvn
Paperw8, This thread and post was the one I believe. [forum.audiogon#13]

i read the comment by cathode and while i won't dispute the *possibility* of anything that was suggested, i frankly didn't find much usable information in the posting.

Not being an EE, I can't say for sure, but I don't think home audio even has a 100% duty cycle. Most power amps usually don't to my knowledge. So I guess it's how the engineer designed it.

follow the manufacturers' instructions, as he or she is the best judge of optimizing the life and sound of a component.

it seems intuitive to leave all solid state gear on all the time, but ii'm sure that not all manufacturers would agree.