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Does anyone leave their amp and preamp on all the time?

I listen most nights after work. I find that the system takes a while to warm up and sounds it's best if it has been shut off. So I leave it on. I always have and this is vintage stuff. The amp is a 25/25 Bedini class A. It stays warm but never hot. It has never caused an issue but recently I've been speaking with others that were stunned that I would do this. So let me know if I'm the only one that lets it run. Do you shut off the equipment after each session?
vinylfan62
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steve59
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never turn my gear off but turn volume down when not in use and unplug power strip during tstorm.
erik_squires
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I do. I came home after having them off for a weekend, and the sound was pretty hard for two days. Learned my lesson.

However, I run fairly power friendly. Right now it's just my Mytek Brooklyn and a pair of Class D amps, plus the music PC

Best,

E
wolf_garcia
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No worries! We now know that any issues regarding conserving energy are no longer valid as we’ve reached the irreversible tipping point in our impact on climate. Unprecedented massive wildfires cover snow with ash that absorbs sunlight, wild animals in the warming Northeast are driven to their knees by tick infestations, trees are succumbing to disease from warming, the ice caps are melting far faster than anyone expected, reefs are dead or dying all over the globe so it’s "goodbye natural fish," the sea currents and jet stream are being effected causing massive weather changes, and coastal flooding will lead to chaos, massive migration, and unprecedented death and destruction. It’s too late to do a damn thing about it (we may have had a shot in the late 70s or so, but oil interests lobbied and lied us out of that possibility). So hey...be as wasteful as you want as it’s the sound of your gear that counts, not your children’s future.
boxer12
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Well I guess it doesn't matter then. Thanks Wolf!
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nonoise
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I used to leave my Marantz integrated and SACD player on all the time. Now that I have the Kinki EX-M1 I turn it off when not in use. It simply gets too warm after several hours which is why they have those massive heat sinks inside and the numerous vent holes above and below.

No worries though as it sounds so much better at a cold start than the Marantz did leaving it on 24/7. Go figure. Optimum sound is reached around the 30 minute mark but I don't really notice an improvement as I'm already way into the music by then.

The SACD player draws so little that I still leave in on 24/7. Now if it's conservation you're after, make sure to turn off that damn cable box as they're power hogs, the likes of which you've never noticed. 

And Wolf is right. We're way past the point of no return and what we're leaving future generations will have them cursing us long after we're gone.

All the best,
Nonoise
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