On or Off - On or Off - Audio Electronics

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.   

I prefer my gear on all the time, but i tend to use standby which all my gear currently offers ... when I had the huge Pass Class A XA160.8 mono blocks, I called Pass, and was told there was no correlation between leaving any of their amps on 24/7 and increased repairs or lesser life expectancy...