Do you keep your amp/turntable powered all the time?

[SailToTheMoon]

Got a new amp (Cyrus i9-XR) and turntable (Rega P3) recently. I’ve been keeping them on a smart plug, only telling Alexa to power them up when I want to use them (pretty much daily). So when not in use they’re hardly ever on standby - they’re completely unpowered.

However recently I was wondering if being switched on and off at the plug all the time could possibly be harmful? Would I be better just leaving them powered and on standby all the time?

Appreciate any thoughts!

 

[James105]

Got a new amp (Cyrus i9-XR) and turntable (Rega P3) recently. I’ve been keeping them on a smart plug, only telling Alexa to power them up when I want to use them (pretty much daily). So when not in use they’re hardly ever on standby - they’re completely unpowered.

However recently I was wondering if being switched on and off at the plug all the time could possibly be harmful? Would I be better just leaving them powered and on standby all the time?

Appreciate any thoughts!

Theres a thing called "chip creep" where the heating and cooling of equipment (expanding and contracting) can cause a component to work loose, I think the idea of standby is to maintain a constant operating temperature inside the unit.

This used to be an issue with PC's many many years ago I'm not sure it's still relevant but I leave everything in standby and only power off for cleaning or cabling.

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

capacitors are prone to power up / off and may manufacturers used to recommend leaving on.
note with current European laws devices must revert to a standby mode with <0.5W in a set period, but sometimes by passable.
I doubt you will ever see or hear a difference on anything other than pure Class A

 

[Integralista]

Theres a thing called "chip creep" where the heating and cooling of equipment (expanding and contracting) can cause a component to work loose, I think the idea of standby is to maintain a constant operating temperature inside the unit.

This used to be an issue with PC's many many years ago I'm not sure it's still relevant but I leave everything in standby and only power off for cleaning or cabling.

Hi I agree, also using standby mode on my units, where possible.