I forgot to mention that we use a Control4 system. I’ve gotten in the habit of turning on our main rig remotely around 4PM most days so the amps are warmed up for 6-7 PM listening.
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Antipodes is recommending to leave their units On for best audio quality. Stereophile K50 also referenced reviewer discussion with Antipodes that break-in is approximately 200 hours and then if turned off for any length of time, it would take about 3 days running for optimum performance. Antipodes also pushes out software updates in very early morning, also requiring the unit to left on. I wonder if other server manufacturers also feel similarly.
I did the math earlier. Left on 24/7 every day the Power Plant would use ~ $40 of electricity a year.
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The peat mosses from the bog will make fine Scotch some day!
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Sarracenia Scotch, it has a buggy bite to it.
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Gryphon recommends leaving all their gear on 24x7 except their power amps. Seeing as they primarily make Class A amps that makes sense. When I used Class D amps I left everything on 24x7.
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My P20 carries ~600 watts at idle, so my math is a little different…at $0.10/kWh, it’s about $525/yr to leave my gear powered up 24/7.
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My P20 has only been switched off when servicing my system or when I’ll be away for days… It’s been years.
I switch my class A monoblocks to standby at night.
But if one is concerned about 40 watts effecting their wallet or the planet, there should be no harm in switching everything off when not listening.
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Based off OP’s situation, I’d just turn everything off. On a super tight budget, every dollar counts. Though the system won’t be sounding its best right away upon turning it on, all things considered, it ain’t that bad. I will occasionally completely turn off the system because life gets in the way and I’m unable to listen for over a week. I listen during that warm up period and though it doesn’t sound as good as it does when completely warmed up, it’s still more than enjoyable. IMO, listening to the system when it isn’t quite performing it’s best may be worth saving those few bucks.
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Thanks Elk …quite a neglible kw charge amount …
Whiz Kid you are right about powering off thre gear when not
going to be used if you are away for a period of time…
Best wishes y’all
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This is for the P12 which consumers 35 Watts in standby at 14 cents a kilowatt hour, ~ $40/year which is modest. But it is still a cost.
It is a reminder the very purpose of a hobby is to waste time and money.
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I leave my solid state components on all the time, this consists of the p10 and the subwoofer amplifier. The tube components are switched on in the morning to warm up for a couple of hours before playing music. Tube components are switched off at bedtime.
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Here in New Hampshire I’m paying 27(!) cents per kWh; so, i’ve been changing my habits around leaving things on. The most power/warmup sensitive component in my system is the DS DAC. I leave this component (connected to a P3) on 24/7. Methinks I will be turning everything else off since I have not been doing everyday listening of late.
If my listening intervals expand further, I will probably start turning the P3 (thus the DS DAC) off as well as the P12.
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I’m paying half of what I used to in Texas for power, and it’s cleaner too. I leave everything on except my tubed equipment (with one exception: my three ZROCK2 components, one in each system, are designed to be left on and its single tube biased low is not a watt eater).
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…as long as you don’t have another snow/ice storm. Last year’s winter was nasty in Texas.
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Geez. . . here in NE Ohio boonies we lost power 12 whole days last winter. No heat, no water. . . no tunes.
Hopefully trees have been trimmed around abouts and will help this not happen this year. I know I spent thousands updating my tree-lines after last year which included a tree falling and missing my house by inches.
Here in Portland the trees on the street can get trimmed by either the city or the local power company. We called them earlier this year, pointed out several limbs on multiple trees on our block. We were very surprised when they trimmed a majority of them. There’s one that we think they should have done, so we are going to pay an arborist to remove the limb.
In our opinion, we’d rather spend the money now vs the nightmare of no power for days.
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The problem we have here is that power poles and lines are often in forested uninhabited lots and the owners don’t maintain them. A really heavy snow and or heavy winds can bring a quarter of the neighborhood down for days.
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You wouldn’t happen to be serviced by First Energy?
I’d move