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How much do you listen, and is listening for several hours at a time bad for equipment?

Symphoniac

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Seems like I average up around 3 to 4 hours a day. Does this have a deleterious effect on the longevity of equipment? I reckon the heat has an effect on the amp components and continuous movement of the speaker driver will contribute to wear and tear over a long period of time… or am I worried about nothing?

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You are worried about nothing, but VFDs or OLEDs can fade/burn in. Think about the amplifiers from the 1960’s or speakers from that era too.

Today’s gear may not be built to last the same way though.
 
I prefer to listen than say watch TV. I guess listening is my "TV".
 
Seems like I average up around 3 to 4 hours a day. Does this have a deleterious effect on the longevity of equipment? I reckon the heat has an effect on the amp components and continuous movement of the speaker driver will contribute to wear and tear over a long period of time… or am I worried about nothing?
It should be fine, so long as you don't have the amplifier in a closed cabinet. I use to keep my cabinet door open for long listening periods. Recently I added two Noctua ultra low noise fans (NF-S12A ULN), one pushing air into the cabinet and one pulling. Now I can keep the door closed and the amplifier stays cool.
 
Tubes wear out in a few thousand hours of use, and elco caps in a few milion hours mostly when they see a lot of current go trough, but for the rest, if the electronic devices are wel ventilated it should not damage the gear. Your ears may get damaged if the volume is to high (but i suppose it's not), but for the rest don't worry to much. Even with tubes, they can mostly be replaced easely when they wear out. And elco caps wear out over decades, so if your amp or speaker is decades out you may have to replace them.

I got a pair of Kef Chorale speakers from 1971 from a friend to repair, and it's just dried out caps from the crossover that needs to be replaced. The B200 woofer and T27 tweeter are still in very good shape and the cabinet is only cometicly lightly damaged.

But those speakers are 53 years old and were in daily use. Amps won't last that long without revision and recap, but also decades normally. And they can be revisioned that they will last another few if they are older (non chip) designs and the parts (or replacement parts) are availeble. I still got a 1982 Luxman C-02 preamp in storage that works perfectly with only one recap in 2016. I don't use it at the moment (i have many parts of hifi system arround), but if I need it, it will still work as intended.

Modern quality gear should not have a problem with being used for hours, it will wear out a bit faster, but not in a way that it won't last it's normal lifespan or beyond.
 
Humidity, sunlight, high temperatures, dust or pollution are more likely to ruin your gear than actual use of it ….
 
am I worried about nothing?

Seems like an odd thing to worry about. It is an inescapable feature of the universe in which we live that everything will wear out eventually. Entropy is a thing. Will your amp and speakers wear out quicker by being used four hours a day than if they sat on the shelf gathering dust? Perhaps. But surely that is the part of the 'cost' of engaging in an activity you enjoy – namely listening to music. Most hifi gear will last years if not decades regardless of how much you use it. If it breaks then repair it or buy a new one ...!

At some point your body will wear out and your heart stop beating. It would be a shame to have missed out on hours of enjoyment listening to music for fear that your amp will die before you do. You can't take it with you when you go ...
 
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