Doh, left system off all night

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.

We have lost the battle a long time ago, as the sun will eventually grow larger and consume the earth. There's just no stopping it.