Do you leave your components on 24/7?

I think hell would have to have electricity...what...it runs on some imaginary power? Get real....

I don't think Hi Fi's are allowed in hell . A good reason not to go . Besides music there would make it more like heaven .
As far as being ecologically bad , the higher brake down rate caused by thermal switching would have other ecological affects that may be more consequential than the extra power used .

I wonder what this "breakdown rate" might actually be? I've been an audio fan and pro musician/soundman since 1967 and I personally haven't experienced much breakdown at all...and the perception of things sounding better after sometimes hundreds of hours of warmup seems more like a design flaw than otherwise, although since it's a fact of life among respected gear reviewers who hear much more stuff than I even will, I will allow it. "Mister nice guy!" My gear goes on as background music when I read my morning paper, and often stays on all day...maybe it's warming up and I didn't know it, but I haven't noticed much, if any, difference.

Went through this a few years ago. Man I trust "Klaus" from Odyssey Audio. Made point all S.S. components must remain "fully charged" to offer best operation. I could hear difference after the 20th day. High's SMOOTHED out Low's became Richer/not as snappy. Whole system pre, amps, subs, dvd, cd, and sat box. Are on 24/7 from apc h-15. 1st thing in APC manual "turn it on leave it on" Hope this helps.

Bruce

"all S.S. components must remain "fully charged" to offer best operation. I could hear difference after the 20th day."

I cannot for the life of me imagine what in those boxes would need 20 days to "charge"...
20 minutes? Sure
20 hours? OK, I'll play along
20 days?
I often find myself looking for that elusive balance between "you don't know until you hear it" and "this absolutely does not jibe with what we know about how things work", in this case electricity and electronics.