eqipment on 24/7?


what are the current thoughts about leaving upper-end digital audio gear on 24/7? I leave my high-current A/B integrated on stand-by when not in use, but was advised to leave CD player, streamer, DAC, etc on 24/7. Good advise?
pfrank12
I used to leave all my gear on 24/7 with nothing but positive results.

With my Kinki X-M1, I leave it on standby and it works just fine. The reason is, my media stand is tight on vertical space and the Kinki will 
heat up to where it actually gets hot.

Others who have theirs out in the open have no problems. So, it all depends.

All the best,
Nonoise
My SS phono/pre 'snaps' into focus after about 15 minutes, and gets better for an hour. Same for my higher end Nak cassette deck.

My amps (SS Class A) are much slower. Listenable after an hour, splendid after 10.
Both EmmLab Dac2 and Lyngdorf 2170 sounds smooth and more refined after 24 hours warmup.

Thus I leave all the Dac 24/7 on including Dave Chord and Mscaler.
As I've written elsewhere, my current, hot running Luxman 507ux integrated warms up in no time at all.


My Class D amps take days. Like 2-4 days. They used 7W at idle, so I left them on all the time.
I power all my equipment down when I'm done listening.  I do find that, after powering it back up, it takes 10-15 minutes for it to "warm up" and sound its best.
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