Music sounds natural when player kept powered on

I never turn off my cd player as my experience mirrors yours. The laser is only on when a disc is playing.It shouldn't affect it's lifetime.There is also a debate as to
wear and tear powering on and off has on internal components.
See this article as it also backs up your findings

http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Digital.html

Not an expert, but I just can't see how "leaving the player on" will "affect the laser/lens". How many times a day are you powering it on and off? I agree with Montejay; powering it on and off will probably wear it more than leaving it on......

PS-don't forget, digital players can be somewhat prone to failure, & need repair. They are complicated components.

Montejay,
Thanks for the link and confirming that there are no ill-effects to leaving the unit powered on. Isn't it divine when the music sounds so natural? Sometimes I keep wondering what benefits I would achieve by upgrading to the Marantz SA-11S2. Had my lens replaced in February this year after it failed to read 2 single layer SACDs

Steveaudio,
Even I am not an expert and was wondering. Hence the question. I switch my machine on/off just once a day. But that was not the point. The point was leaving it on makes the music sounding so natural. I am at a loss of words here. All I can say is, when I switch it on and play the music, it does not distract me much from the work I am doing at hand. But if I play some music on it when it is left powered on, the music simply grabs my attention and distracts me from doing any work that I have at my hand. I simply have to stop the player or stop my work. The music becomes so engrossing. Don't know why, or the science behind it (capacitor charging, etc)...but it happens. Believe it or not.