Leave an amp "on" permanetly

Lets really be frank here. The left does have a track record and a bad habit of cozing up to radical dictators all over as long as their agenda is to hate America and its priciple values. I am sure many of them "dictators" don't turn their amps off because they could care less for the green house affect. Their to busy killing people the more conventional way than waiting for global warming to do its dirty work for them.

I'm not sure why there are so many people who believe that tubes require more warm up than solid state. It's exactly the other way around.

Tube circuits benefit from warm up, but less so than solid state in part because the tubes themselves have the best dielectric possible- a vacuum. That doesn't mean that the caps and resisitors don't get better after being on and formed, but solid state devices sound much more closed-in and "cold" at start up than a tube ever could. Frankly, even after unlimited warm up, solid state amplifiers never sound as open as a cold-out-of-the-box tube amplifier, but that's getting into another discussion.

Generally, I tend to leave most solid state gear on 24/7 and never do so with tube gear.

I leave my primary amps (all SS) on 24/7, except turn them off during electrical storms. Also, when I leave on a trip I power off and unplug them.

I've had some amps in the past that tended to run very hot (eg Ayre V3), and I powered them down when not in use. The Ayre had a stand-by mode which was good.

If so, would people recommend leaving a SS amp on permanently?

Absolutely!!

Could I damage my amp by doing this?

No!

Cheers,
John

I find my sytems sounds best when left on all the time. I started leaving it on 24/7 about two years ago without any problems.

Some observations which led me to the take the 24/7 approach.

- My Musical Fidelity X10v3, XDAC and PUS all came with no on/off buttons. Their all designed to be left on all the time.

- My Sunfire sub has a sleep mode, no on/off switch and is designed to be left on all the time.

- My Channel Islands D200 amps have a standby feature which is designed to keep them warm without having to have them powered up all the way.