Will setting auto standby to never on NC series improve SQ?
will it lessen equipment life?
This is from the 332 manual.
5.5 Standby power settings
The NAC 332 has three power levels: standby, standby with instant on and powered for
normal use.‘Standby’ mode has an overall power consumption of less than 0.5W. The NAC 332 can be
woken up by pressing the standby button or from the remote control.‘Standby with instant on’ leaves the NAC 332 fully powered, but with the logo turned off.
‘Powered for normal use’ In this mode the NAC 332 uses about 20W.By default, the NAC 332 rear panel switch is set to ‘auto standby’ - it automatically enters
standby mode after a period not exceeding 20 minutes of inactivity. For the optimum
sound quality set the switch to the “instant on” position. This will keep the NAC 332
permanently powered up. With the switch in this position, if the standby button is pressed,
the NAC 332 will remain powered up, but the logo will turn off.
From this, it is clear that Naim recommends Instant On, so it is safe to assume that disabling auto standby is okay.