Turn off or leave on?


I am curious to know what others are doing with respect to powering on/off their hifi systems. My system like most is a mix of tube and SS components: tube gear (mono amps, preamp, and phono). SS gear consists of (SACD/CD player, DAC, server, and external clock) and I have a conventional DC powered motor for my LP player.  On days when I know I will listen to music, I turn it all on and leave it on until I go to bed at which time I turn it all off. I have read that it is better to leave SS components on (limit the number of temperature swings associated with powering up) and only power down tube gear (extend tube life).  Many of the components have power saving features so they shutdown after an inactive period but that is more of a sleep mode as I understand it and not the same as a true power down.  Not to complicate the question further, all the amps are hybrid so they have in effect both tubes and transistors  My SS gear is a dCS Vivaldi One plus external Vivaldi clock, server is Taiko Extreme, and my amps are all from Tenor Audio. LP player is AMG 12 that uses a typical external DC motor always left on and powered up.

besonic

On once a day and off once a day is the best way to go over the long run. :-)

 

 

Matt M

 There was a recent thread on this subject, with no consensus.  Fwiw, I had always heard the opposite of what you state, that tubed gear is best left on all the time for SQ, and that it isn’t so important with transistors.  I have a tubed pre amp and I always turn it off to save life on the tubes but I try to turn it on at least half an hour before a listening session

I leave my equipment on, even the tube preamp and tube DAC. my tube equipment is very easy on tubes

Everything on...cept for my amp which has tubes...I put that in standby when not listening