Ake,
A lot of this depends on how anal you are with the equipment. Keep the original boxes for moving from house to house and USE the boxes. Buy quality components and use the switches, dials, buttons, etc. as meant to be used. Don't be heavy handed with the controls. Keep others away from your equipment.
I have had solid state electronics except for very early in my life. I leave the ss stuff powered up all the time except when I know there is bad weather coming. I then turn everything off and unplug them from the wall. I have experienced power outages and when that happens I turn the equipment off, unplug them and when the power is back on I then plug them back in and power up.
Maybe I'm lucky but I've never had need for service in 35 years. I only recently upgraded for the third time in as many years and know where my used equipment is. It all still works fine.
The above isn't entirely accurate. My latest upgrade in electronics was done because I didn't find listening to be as enjoyable as I remembered. In the end I found that the power supply for my turntable was going out. So, I have actually had one failure in 35 years.
A lot of this depends on how anal you are with the equipment. Keep the original boxes for moving from house to house and USE the boxes. Buy quality components and use the switches, dials, buttons, etc. as meant to be used. Don't be heavy handed with the controls. Keep others away from your equipment.
I have had solid state electronics except for very early in my life. I leave the ss stuff powered up all the time except when I know there is bad weather coming. I then turn everything off and unplug them from the wall. I have experienced power outages and when that happens I turn the equipment off, unplug them and when the power is back on I then plug them back in and power up.
Maybe I'm lucky but I've never had need for service in 35 years. I only recently upgraded for the third time in as many years and know where my used equipment is. It all still works fine.
The above isn't entirely accurate. My latest upgrade in electronics was done because I didn't find listening to be as enjoyable as I remembered. In the end I found that the power supply for my turntable was going out. So, I have actually had one failure in 35 years.