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<p>My post <a title="Standby" href="http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/standby/12678/" target="_blank">Standby</a> started an interesting dialog about the benefits and misgivings of leaving your equipment on for best sound. *Warm up, burn in, sounding better over time is rife with controversy and opinions that are all over the map. *In fact, the opinions are so diverse they equal those of what bears do in the woods, light bulbs do when the refrigerator is off and what trees do when they fall.</p>
<p>Here’s mine: with few exceptions such as tubes and amps that get extremely hot, leave the equipment on 24/7. *There’s a couple of reasons for this. *Most electronics suffer more from the turn on/off process than they do being left on. *The power surge coming into your equipment can many times be more damaging, over a very long period of time, than simply leaving it on. *Further, unless you’re burning a big hole in your electric bill with the kit on, there’s almost no expense involved in doing so. *Modern equipment is getting more efficient each year on standby or idle. *New European regulations demand extremely low standby current and most equipment doesn’t draw much out of the wall under any circumstance.</p>
<p>Class A amps, tubes (in general) and anything that produces lots of heat should be avoided as these can have their effectives lives shortened from cooking the *capacitors*to all manner of malady.</p>
<p>The benefits of keeping the equipment on are many. *There’s no convincing me that kit that’s been on and running for days on end sounds better than a cold boot up of the gear. *I would be so bold as to suggest if you disagree then you really haven’t done much of an evaluation on a resolving system; but I know that ruffles feathers so I won’t say that.</p>
<p>Best advice I can give you. *Keep the gear on. *Keep the home fires burning.</p>
<p>It’s the easiest path towards better sound.</p>
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[Source: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/lights/12701/]
<p>Here’s mine: with few exceptions such as tubes and amps that get extremely hot, leave the equipment on 24/7. *There’s a couple of reasons for this. *Most electronics suffer more from the turn on/off process than they do being left on. *The power surge coming into your equipment can many times be more damaging, over a very long period of time, than simply leaving it on. *Further, unless you’re burning a big hole in your electric bill with the kit on, there’s almost no expense involved in doing so. *Modern equipment is getting more efficient each year on standby or idle. *New European regulations demand extremely low standby current and most equipment doesn’t draw much out of the wall under any circumstance.</p>
<p>Class A amps, tubes (in general) and anything that produces lots of heat should be avoided as these can have their effectives lives shortened from cooking the *capacitors*to all manner of malady.</p>
<p>The benefits of keeping the equipment on are many. *There’s no convincing me that kit that’s been on and running for days on end sounds better than a cold boot up of the gear. *I would be so bold as to suggest if you disagree then you really haven’t done much of an evaluation on a resolving system; but I know that ruffles feathers so I won’t say that.</p>
<p>Best advice I can give you. *Keep the gear on. *Keep the home fires burning.</p>
<p>It’s the easiest path towards better sound.</p>
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[Source: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/lights/12701/]
