My Exposure X is designed to be left switched on, at all times. (a la Naim)
The CD Player is a Rega Apollo-R. With the Exposure, should I also leave the Rega on, at all times?
Cheers.
S.
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My Exposure X is designed to be left switched on, at all times. (a la Naim)
The CD Player is a Rega Apollo-R. With the Exposure, should I also leave the Rega on, at all times?
Cheers.
S.
I'm in the switch off camp. I used to be in the other camp and I have a dead Sony CD player and a noisy Linn power amp to show for it.
As if a CD player takes hours to warm up, and that during this process it is going to audibly worsen the sound in any way. It's nonsense if you think about it.
My Revox CDP is intended to be left on (the on/off switch is at the rear), but has the option to switch off the laser via the front panel; an option which I always use.
Nothing is designed to be left switched on (there are a very few exceptions but not usually hi fi gear). No matter what the manufacturer may say. Some say such things for marketing purposes of course...
Here's a typical electrolytic capacitor datasheet picked at random http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/19...049.1495989709 See where it says "Endurance 2000 hours". That's at its max rated 85C temperature and it will of course last loads longer than 2000 hours at room temperature.. but it's still wearing out gradually.
However, you should always leave gear switched on as it makes work for me and other repair people:D
Id say turn it off Shane, i turn my Rega Saturn off when not used. Turning back on the next day, it sounds just the same as if id been using it for hours.
Thanks chaps.
S.
Take note of what Jez says and turn it off when not used.
IMO it takes around 20 minutes to warm up.
My cd transport I put in standby which in turn kind of puts the dac in standby as well
The Naim (s !) I think are designed to be left switched on all the time so that's what I do, it's quite novel after my valve amps which I would never leave on ;)