Sony 777es ok to leave on?

I notice an improvement after leaving my 9000ES on for 16 hours or more, so now I will try keeping it on for longer periods of time. Thanks. I'm still a little bit concerned about any problems developing over the long term because of the heat generated by being left on. Anyone know about that?

Bmpnyc: Does it get hot? None of the players that I own (and have owned) generate much heat at all (it's hard to feel it at all).

Dekay, it doesn't get hot, but it is definetely quite warm. Mostly at the backside, and only a little bit at the front. In my rack I have about 11/2" clearance on top, and about 1" at the bottom. Not a lot of room, but not packed in tight either. What do you think?

I have tried it both ways and with all three of the players (plus one DAC) they all sound much better after being powered up for at least three days. The sound is a bit sluggish and veiled compared to when the equipment is left on all of the time. I always turn off the tube amp when it's not in use and now turn off the SS amp as well (to conserve energy as it idles in Class A), but decided that I had to leave all of the digital stuff on all of the time because of the improvement in sound to be had. When the power situation improves in CA in the future, I will leave the SS amp on 7/24 as well (as I used to in the past). I had everthing off during a rough two week power period and really don't think that the digital stuff draws much current at all as it did not show up on the uitlity bill.

Bmpnyc, How do you like the player? I am not sure what you consider warm, but mine stays warm also. Must be normal for the player. I picked up a used Proceed DAP for cd playback....sounds pretty cool.