@almarg on the issue of leaving or not leaving equipment powered up, are you suggesting that there is no sonic advantage to be gained from leaving any equipment on except those containg a DAC? While I have not empirically tested the assumption, I have a sense from experience that leaving gear continuously turned on or at least on standby (all SS until very recently) yields more satisfying listening than shutting all down and starting cold. This of course comes at some expense both in electric bills and presumably life of equipment.
Also, relevent to this thread, I recently purchased a little hybrid tube phono pre and have been wondering about the logic of warm up as it applies to both tubes and solid state circuits in the device. My experience is that longer warm up for solid state devices and cable looms yields more better listening to a point, but advice here says for pure tube devices 10-15 minutes should be wholly adequate.
Any insights appreciated.
kn
Also, relevent to this thread, I recently purchased a little hybrid tube phono pre and have been wondering about the logic of warm up as it applies to both tubes and solid state circuits in the device. My experience is that longer warm up for solid state devices and cable looms yields more better listening to a point, but advice here says for pure tube devices 10-15 minutes should be wholly adequate.
Any insights appreciated.
kn