Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am an unrepentant leaver on if at all possible person.  Class D amps, on 24/7 when we are in residence.  Tube things are only on when in use, which when we are here in FL is about 6-8 hours/day.  Why does this not bother me?  Well, our total consumption of KW hours is less than half any of our neighbors who live in very similar homes.  How can that be so?  We invested in the highest efficiency HVAC system on the market, we invested in solar, we keep our thermostat set at a conservative 78 degrees F (remember this is AC country in South Florida) against the more typical 72 degrees.  Also, leaving the Class D amps on is better for them.  So, you need to take a wholistic view of issues like this rather than settle on stereotypical assumptions formed decades ago.

If you were there in 1970, then you probably remember Ira Einhorn, cofounder of Earth Day, A real piece of work scrubbed from history

I turn off my CD transport and subwoofer when I’m not using them, my preamp and amps stay on standby and so does my streamer (I think). The only thing that stays on 24/7 is my DAC that uses +- 20 watts.

 What kills me is heating and cooling.

If you were in the 60 s you dont rember it. Class d is comming of age. D sonic is a Pascal module 1500 in 8 2400 in 4. Smsl pa gan class d mo o 500 watts 600$  no heat.enjoy the music cuz you can leave it on all  the time and the music.

@lewm No. Although the timeline just about dovetails. Sad Story. "Fell in love with  a teacher." A lot of that back then.  That's her on "Lebanese Blonde". Never knew.