Is it good to leave your kit on stand-by or turn of completely between sessions?

[Arkless Electronics]

Jez, give it a rest now, mate. Remember what we discussed on the phone about the 'know it all' attitude? Well, it's starting to rear its ugly head again...

If you've chosen to be a regular part of this community, I'm afraid you're going to have to accept the fact that people here have their own long-established and justified opinions in audio, which no matter who you are (audio engineer or the King of England), no-one here is going to listen to you if they don't think you're right!

Therefore, I insist that when offering your opinion in any discussion here, you present it as that and nothing more, and if people don't agree, you simply leave it there, 'agree to disagree' with them, and walk away, as your continual argumentativeness and desire to be right is no longer acceptable.

Above all, you must remember that this is predominantly a subjectivist forum, and so if you want to fit in here, long-term, you're going to have to make allowances for the fact that your rather objectivist mentality, on many matters relating to audio, is likely to be somewhat different from that of the majority of our members.

Therefore, it's up to YOU to fit in with the forum ethos (which you would do well to read, if you haven't already done so: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...asics-of-Ethos), NOT try to make others change their opinions to suit what you consider is right.

I trust that I've made myself clear. Furthermore, this matter is not up for debate. You either accept it, and temper your responses in future to people accordingly, or go. The decision is yours. I don't want to lose you, as I value your contributions, but I feel even more strongly about having to manage the aggro you're causing.

Cheers!

Marco.

Please yourself Marco. All I'm trying to do is differentiate between uneducated opinion and scientific fact. It's obviously fine, or even encouraged, to talk rubbish on matters one has little or no knowledge of but BANG OUT OF ORDER to attempt to explain the facts of the matter based on a life times professional experience of the subject under discussion. As with the pfm forum I will largely stick to discussing my own stuff in future..... So if any one has any technical enquiry they better PM me as talking with the authority of having specialist knowledge of a subject is against the rules.....

[Marco]

No, that is not against the rules at all. What is against the rules is you preaching to people and insisting on always having the last word!

Whether you are wrong or right, Jez, is not the issue.

The issue is knowing when to back off and simply accept that you're not going to change someone's mind who strongly disagrees with you (even if, technically, you are right). Therefore, having failed to 'educate' someone, you will have to learn to back off when a discussion has reached that point, and leave it there.

Furthermore, on this forum, you are not the arbiter of what is considered as "rubbish".

Ok?

Marco.

P.S I need you to sort out the matter pertaining to your trade account before Friday, at the very latest, otherwise you will lose your trade status and the right to advertise or discuss your products here.

[anthonyTD]

Hi All,
Only just noticed this thread, as far as capacitors are concerned, and semiconductors in general, the surge from continually switching equipment on and off is in itself very damaging, and in an ideal world, and all in my own opinion, i would say that it is kinder to leave certain types of equipment on, however, as Jez has pointed out, capacitors have a shelf life, and therefore will eventually fail from use, now' how long they will last is subject to their application, and heat is the main killer, Electrolytic s are graded in hours versus temperature, as an example, if you choose a cap with say a 2000hr life span at say 105c, then you can be sure that if that cap is run at a much more conservative temperature, say for example, 40c, then it will probably last many tens of thousands of hours, now, you would have to take into account other key parameters, like voltage and current etc, but i think you will get my drift, the more conservative you run a cap in a circuit from its manufacture maximum spec, the easier life it will have, and therefore, the longer it will last...
Electrolytic capacitors fail naturally eventually due mainly to the electrolyte drying out, and degradation of the foil layers etc.
Hope this helps.
Anthony,TD...

[shane]

I keep my kit on all the time, especially in cold weather...