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Display off- any benefit?

My preamp, CD player and DAC permit me, if I want, to shut off the LED displays on each unit. Not an uncommon feature these days. 

While I'm sure this could be equipment dependent, does anyone perceive an easily discernible difference and benefit  between display on vs off? 
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akg_ca
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No audio benefit from clicking off the LED display.

Ditto if the display LED bulb(s) burned out and needed to be replaced.

That feature is non-audio visual fluff.
gregm
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No discernible difference here either, when using my cdp (a Magnat tube) or my big cdp (Absolute, ideon audio) or both off. Then I discovered that the Absolute has a totally separate circuit for the display. The cdp, however, doesn’t... so no big deal!
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lak
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I have not been able to detect a difference but perhaps its component built dependent?
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