Why?=20
For the first thing, you'll be saving electricity, which is a good =
thing.=20
Secondly you avoid any possible damage should the piece of gear =
electrically=20
fail while you're not there......
in an actual example a studio in my area left all their equipment On =
all the=20
time.... there was a failure in his 2 inch tape recorder's Motor Drive =
Amp and=20
the machine went into full torque on the supply motor. It ran that way =
for 3=20
days until the owner came in to do the next session!!!!=20
I've seen very poorly designed power amps put out DC directly to =
speakers,=20
power supplys can fail putting out huge voltages and burn up ICs and =
whole=20
cards....and so on, so it's just safer if you turn all the equipment Off =
when=20
you're gonna leave for the day.=20
Of course if you're just leaving for a few of hours, I'd leave it =
On......=20
The idea of leaving gear turned ON all the time comes from the days =
of tube=20
equipment. For tubes you've got to let them warm up and reach their =
normal=20
operating temperature, and even then you'd have to wait until it quieted =
down.=20
Rather than wait an hour for all this to happen (and the corresponding =
movement=20
of the tube's filament during turn-on and turn-off) we just left the =
gear On all=20
the time.=20
But todays gear doesn't need warming up (of course you should be =
running tape=20
on your analog recorders as you're tidying up the studio and before you =
start to=20
align the machine.... say running 10 minutes of tape should do it in the =
morning=20
if the machine's been Off...)=20
Yes there is some minor stress on the Power Supplies, but it's really =
minor=20
in a well built unit.=20
Of course you'll want to have a shut-down procedure so there aren't =
huge pops=20
in the monitors as you turn it all off....=20
=20
Should you leave a piece of gear On all the time or turn it =
Off?
Turn it !!!
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