Leave it on?

There is no issue with tube amps--they should be turned off when not in use because all tube filaments have a limited life and tube amps warm up fairly quickly.  With solid state, the answer is a bit more complicated because life of transistors are not as significantly shortened by being in a quiet on condition as compared to tubes, and solid state gear does take longer to warm p and sound its best.  But considering power consumption and safety, one may still prefer turning it off when not in use.  Another thing to consider is electrical storms or other times when power is acting up--if you are not home to shut off gear, you will be exposing it to dangerous conditions that may damage electronics that remains on and even the speakers from resulting excessively loud pops. 

The only thing I leave on all the time is my streamer because that is what the manufacturer recommends (they say it take a very long time for capacitors to fully charge and reform if the gear is shut off).  The rest of my gear is tube based and there is no question that it is better to shut off completely.

I contacted Legacy Audio about leaving my Focus XD’s internal amps on or off, Ed said to leave them on all the time. Aurender recommends leaving the streamer on, so I do. Denafrips recommends just leaving my DAC and DDC on. (Neither has an on off button, the DAC does have standby though.) My Legacy Wavelet is on all the time. My Coda s5.5 amp  has standby so I put it in standby when done, however when I plan to listen I try to turn it on at least 30 minutes before hand. Of course when we leave for FL in the winter everything is off and covered for 5 months. 

In our home theater most everything is on all the time except for the Television, it’s on standby. (Sony) The Yamaha HT receiver turns itself off through HDMI e/Arc when the TV goes off.

My mcintosh cd 12000 and pre amp shut off in about 20 min. Follow the manufactures recs on power. Surge protection is vital in my area to to power outages a few times a wk. When gone on vacation I do unplug it from wall. Happy listening.music calms the savage beast.

If you listen every day or so, leave everything on.  If you listen once a week or less, turn everything off. I also turn off everything delicate when thunder boomers are approaching.  I lost an amp once from lightning.

Turn off or leave on 2.  The benefits of from the off starts.

Manufacturers and dealers will always say “keep it turned on” as gear sounds better warmed up. We all know it is mostly true. They want us all to be happy with our purchase’s every time and want revisits buying more stuff further up the price line. They will not want to be involved however if your place burns to the ground afterwards.

Said on here….

”Standby mode keeps the solid-state circuitry of the amplifier in a reduced power mode, maintaining excellent performance benefits while consuming little power”

Hmmm…. Another way of looking at this…

Leaving any car engine turned on keeps the engine warm in the reduced power idle mode, maintaining excellent “from the off” benefits while consuming little petrol.

Everything wears out from when you first start using it, and if you continually use it. Electrical components permanently turned on is not guaranteed to extend their life.

Another thought….. Have you ever added up the wattage of all the electrical devices in your home on permanent standby mode? There may be a big surprise as to how much power idles away with your energy bills.