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Amp — Leave on or turn off

I always turned my Benchmark AHB2 amp off after use every night. After all, why is there an on off switch on the front panel if not to do that? Last night I accidentally left it on. This morning, when I played my first record, I couldn’t believe my ears. The same record I played last night sounded infinitely better. I tried a second record and that, too, was much better.
I know there’s a debate on the question of leaving an amp on all the time.
I now know where I stand!

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dmguaragno
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Considering that the most common mode of failure in an electronic component is thermal fatigue from power cycles, I leave my system on most of the time. I turn it off for thunderstorms and if I will be away from home for an extended period of more than a couple of days. 

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elliottbnewcombjr
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Responsible Conservation: Totally irresponsible to leave anything on!

I sometimes wonder how much collective electricity is consumed world wide for standby/instant on devices.

The lights aglow in my office at night are like an un-named constellation

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audphile1
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I don’t have solar panels. Does this mean I can resume playing Peel Me a Grape that I had on repeat for close to 30 years in my high power consuming system? Cause I just paused it for few minutes to check if I kept that coal plant alive all this time….no bueno there…the last of the mohicans in NJ it was demolished few years ago. 

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audphile1
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There are close to 220 operational coal power plants in the US. China has over 3,000.
Our contribution to pollution by leaving our amplifiers on can’t even be measured. I’m not saying we don’t need to be conscious about it, but the environmentalists on this thread…you guys are barking up a wrong tree.
Alright enough politics…hate this in the audio forum. There are other places where this can be debated.

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