We put a Standby feature on our amps so that you could keep the amps warmed up 24/7 if you wanted to- and rated the amps accordingly. The nice thing about tubes is that if you want the system warmed up properly, it only takes about 3 hours, where solid state requires about a week. So IMO, why waste the energy- I don't run the amps 24/7 because I don't *have* to for best sound, though I certainly could and have done so many times in the past.
As proof of that I just came home from vacation and found that I had left my preamp on while I was gone. Sheesh- I hate wasting the power, but the preamp was none the worse for wear.
Anyway, if the tubes are in Standby (filaments but no B+), they will make very little heat (unless your amps use 6C33s). Most of the heat a tube amp makes is due to the class of operation, not the filaments. IMO if heat is what is the priority, your system is going to sound like it too. I would not call that a high end system- a high end system is all the stops out to create the realism and experience of music. To do that will make heat, tube or transistor not withstanding.
There is a common tendency to trade convenience for performance; digital vs analog and tubes vs transistors are examples of this tradeoff. If there was any way that transistors could be made to make the music that tubes can, I would not be making tube amps- but I put up with the base nature of tubes because also therein also lies the closest you are going to get to the music.
As proof of that I just came home from vacation and found that I had left my preamp on while I was gone. Sheesh- I hate wasting the power, but the preamp was none the worse for wear.
Anyway, if the tubes are in Standby (filaments but no B+), they will make very little heat (unless your amps use 6C33s). Most of the heat a tube amp makes is due to the class of operation, not the filaments. IMO if heat is what is the priority, your system is going to sound like it too. I would not call that a high end system- a high end system is all the stops out to create the realism and experience of music. To do that will make heat, tube or transistor not withstanding.
There is a common tendency to trade convenience for performance; digital vs analog and tubes vs transistors are examples of this tradeoff. If there was any way that transistors could be made to make the music that tubes can, I would not be making tube amps- but I put up with the base nature of tubes because also therein also lies the closest you are going to get to the music.