On or Off - On or Off - Audio Electronics

I have actually posted this myself a while back. Everyone who was kind enough to reply was split 50/50 on leaving on/off. I have even checked with manufacturers of some of my gear and got 50/50-LOL!

My system does double duty as an HT. I am only in my room Friday through Sunday. I do not use the rig Mon-Thurs. So what I just started doing is powering everything off (except my Furman Elite 20PPFI and my LHY SW6) Sunday night when I go to bed. This includes my subs. If the piece has a hard switch I turn it off. Then Thursday night I flip everything back on but I don't play anything. First thing when I get up on Friday AM before work I let my streamer play, volume low, until I get home on Friday so system is nice and ready for the hardcore listening.

Not sure if this is good or bad for longevity, but it made no sense to leave everything on for 4 days with no use. Fortunately for me I have a second system that I use mostly for tv watching during the week. If I was using the system every day I'd probably leave everything on...All manufacturers I checked with about my gear, have said it doesn't hurt either way to leave on or off...

Hope this helps...

Having owned a Audio store , digital is left on for it is not high current per se ,but there are a few that have Mosfets that do consume , a bit of power.

To sound at their best ,digital needs a solid 24 hours to sound its best ,on average.

amp, preamp , only take 30 minutes or so to get up to temperature ,

I just shut off ,mine has a mild stand by when shut off a few watts keeping the circuit warm , which is a very good design ,like a standby . Any vacuum tube gear , shut off , or standby if available .

I agree to leave digital on all the time. I should turn off my amp, but I don’t.

We had a high end Esoteric SACD/CD player come in on trade. One of those 40 pound beasts with a battleship build and wonderful sound. It read and played discs with no problem except:  the once lovely blue fluorescent display was so dim it was rendered unreadable.  Turns out the original owner left the machine on 24/7. As you might expect on a discontinued item new parts and labor were prohibitively expensive or simply unavailable as they were proprietary to that specific model run. Result? That lovely disc player was now pretty much a boat anchor. It was not the first time we encountered this issue with otherwise working gear. Considering some of the elaborate displays found on some of today’s high end equipment, even power amplifiers 🙄, I would seriously reconsider leaving those with displays powered up when not in use. Probably OK for a SUT, though..

Great conversation, I think it about it all the time.  In my advanced age and paranoia, I turn it all off.