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Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens
Two issues:
1) There are a limited number of electrons in the universe. These days, it's better not to route them through your quadrant if'n you don't need to. (In other words, being green is a good thing. Take the <1% performance hit for the first half hour of listening.)
2) The electrolytic caps degrade in lifetime by a factor of two for every ten degrees C above 25C. We estimate if you leave the unit on 24/7 you'll get half the life of the unit. Which is probably something like 20 years instead of forty years.
So, it's really no big deal one way or the other, but since they do burn a bit of juice and they're not like tube amps the change markedly during warm up, we advise turning them on and off with use.
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Does this electrolytic caps rule apply to all caps, or just the ones in your amps? I leave my carver amp on 24/7, and now I'm a bit worried.