Nope. You are burning the life out of it, 30 or 60 minutes warm up is enough, turn it off for the other 20 hours of the day.
ModWright KWA 100SE Power Amp Warm up
During the end of a listening session, I inadvertently failed to turn off my ModWright KWA-100SE Amp.
Two days later, I discovered my "mistake".
Decided it was an excellent opportunity to audition the Amp with an extended warm up time.
EVERY parameter you care to verify improved.
Now that I let the Genie out of the bottle, she's not going back in!
Discussed the 24/7 on time with Dan.
I was concerned about the possibility of a power failure with a resulting hard turn on by the Power Company.
In my area, this turn on is full on with a resultant power surge.
This burned out a circuit in my washing machine causing me to put an inline surge protector.
Luckily, when the KWA 100SE loses power, it turns off completely.
Upon resumption of power, one has to press the hidden on switch to let juice flow to the Amp.
Of course, if I leave town for a few days, I would turn it off.
Also, in case of Lightning in the forecast, I would turn it off. (as well as the stereo system's circuit breakers)
With all that determined, Dan gave me his blessings to leave it on 24/7.
I HIGHLY recommend this Amp be left on.
The improvements are well worth it!
This leads me to believe ANY Power Amp (not Class A) would benefit from being on 24/7!
Two days later, I discovered my "mistake".
Decided it was an excellent opportunity to audition the Amp with an extended warm up time.
EVERY parameter you care to verify improved.
Now that I let the Genie out of the bottle, she's not going back in!
Discussed the 24/7 on time with Dan.
I was concerned about the possibility of a power failure with a resulting hard turn on by the Power Company.
In my area, this turn on is full on with a resultant power surge.
This burned out a circuit in my washing machine causing me to put an inline surge protector.
Luckily, when the KWA 100SE loses power, it turns off completely.
Upon resumption of power, one has to press the hidden on switch to let juice flow to the Amp.
Of course, if I leave town for a few days, I would turn it off.
Also, in case of Lightning in the forecast, I would turn it off. (as well as the stereo system's circuit breakers)
With all that determined, Dan gave me his blessings to leave it on 24/7.
I HIGHLY recommend this Amp be left on.
The improvements are well worth it!
This leads me to believe ANY Power Amp (not Class A) would benefit from being on 24/7!
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