Most if not all DAC's are by design meant to be left on. It avoids heating and cooling of the circuitry and provides for instant warm sound. As any serious listener will tell you any equipment will sound better after a warm up period. A number of high end equipment has a "standby/sleep" mode where power is maintained to the unit but at lower operating cost. DACS in particular require warm up time to do their best. I would leave it alone.
DAC without power switch - alternative?
Is there an alternative to simply pulling the plug (which I am not fond of regarding mechanical wear over the years) to get your DAC - which has no ON/OFF switch - off the mains? I'm running pretty sophisticated PC cables and would hate to see a simple switch in bewteen the wall and the DAC.
Can anybody help, please?
Can anybody help, please?