Doh, left system off all night

Lalit,

I cannot disclose the DAC I will get because it will end up being somebody's prototype.  But the DAC I have been using is an out of production modified Douk.  There might have been others better, but not in my system.  

String...   nice feature.  My Herron amps don't draw much when just sitting in the man-cave at idle.  i just walk down stairs and turn on the preamp, phono stage and start the turntable spinning an hour or so before I go down to do any serious listening. 

Bpoletti....No problems.  Enjoy your new DAC! 

I was in the "always on" camp since the sound is best that way, but repairs and tube life issues made me reconsider. I turn on my tube amps and preamp an hour or so before playing, and turn them off at night. So they are on perhaps 6 hours a day, not 24.

I hear you, @o_holter

My listening style is too random, so I need my gear on all the time, meaning: No tubes for me!

Erik

Environmental Issues update: Based on recent data regarding Arctic warming (today in the NY times for example) and Greenland ice sheet melting, I’m pretty sure we’ve irreversibly lost the battle with climate change so hey…waste all the juice you can while there’s still some time on the clock. Leave it on…all of it…all the time.