I usually shut the amps off each time I am done listening. Whenever I leave them on thinking I am going to go back to listening, my day usually changes so I can't. If I turn them off, the odds of being able to listen more dramatically increases. And, these things get hot-- including heating up the room when you have 8 kt120's per amp x 2, a couple of m8080's and a 6922 in the preamp, and the Sophia's in the CD power supply. 24 tubes total when everything is on-- that's too much electricity to waste if it's not in use. And, finally, I have seen a tube fail-- right in my amp-- spectacular but scary. I want to be around if/when that happens.