This subject has been discussed previously in the forum, but does get resurrected every so often. Personally, my view is "it depends". Putting aside the added electrical cost, minimal or not, I completely power down all of my components when not in use. Meaning, I do not care for "standby" mode for hours on end until I'm ready to listen. The caveat here is that I power down in cases where I know the next listening (or watching as my video is connected to the same power source) opportunity will not be for another 24 hours or so. If, one the other hand, I listen/watch something in the early AM and take a lunch break with the intention of listening/viewing an hour or two later, I would leave the components on.
While I have solid state equipment, other considerations may need to be accounted for in the case of tubes or other circumstances. I do not know, but I'm reasonably certain others will chime in.
I simply do not buy into the notion of "warming up" my equipment. That said, I do know that electronics of any kind should not be exposed to "extremes". For instance, if for whatever reason you have your amp in your car and it happens to be the dead of winter, you wouldn't want to take it out the car and immediately set it up at your listening location, turn it on, etc. So the caveat here is that equipment remains at normal room temperature.
While I have solid state equipment, other considerations may need to be accounted for in the case of tubes or other circumstances. I do not know, but I'm reasonably certain others will chime in.
I simply do not buy into the notion of "warming up" my equipment. That said, I do know that electronics of any kind should not be exposed to "extremes". For instance, if for whatever reason you have your amp in your car and it happens to be the dead of winter, you wouldn't want to take it out the car and immediately set it up at your listening location, turn it on, etc. So the caveat here is that equipment remains at normal room temperature.
