Hello everyone!
I’ve recently purchased a P20 and have all components plugged in. Simple question: do I keep components on or off and standby P20 until I want to listen?
Apologies if this has been asked before. Please direct me to the topic if it has. Thanks.
John
I choose to switch everything off when the system’s no longer in use, it draws about 630 watts and heats the room (good in winter) when not playing music.
I use the Clean function about every hour, also if the system has been powered down for ten days or so it sounds a lot better when next used.
YMMV of course
I leave my MU2, and my former MU1 running 24/7. Everything else gets shut down if I am not warming it up or actively listening. Some believe letting non-tube gear running may be better for the gear than all the powering up and powering down we could, and maybe should do.
My gear can and does use a lot of juice. Many of my components are Class A. I shut them down. But a Roon Server / Streamer and similar devices I might leave on.
My PS Audio DSD Jr. runs 24/7/365. It seems happy.
You’re going to get many answers—as you already have—but my take is to leave them on and powered unless they are vacuum tube based.
The turn on surge is what eventually wears out components and you don’t have to worry about burn in.
Hi Paul, Happy Holidays. When you say leave components on, do you mean standby or completely on when not in use? I leave everything in standby mode.
Thanks, and same to you and yours!
Standby mode. If PS equipment, this means everything inside is running, happy, and warmed up. The displays all turn off and the outputs are muted so it’s safe.
Thank you everyone for responses. I really appreciate it. Part of the reason for the question (and the purchase of the Powerplant) was a ‘brown out’ caused damage to my amplifier so wanted to keep everything safe. So happy to hear that keeping on standby will do so.
Kind regards
John