Thank you everyone for the input.
I'm with you Herman, that some sort of heating would have a positive effect on the warm up process. I completely agree with all the posters that warm up is the only way to get the gear to sound it's best, my intent was to get a few opinions on "speeding" that process up with some sort of external/internal heating. It is my opinion that if a part becomes heated by normal operation during playback, then prematurely heating that part up to at or near operating temperature would result in quicker warm up times and shorter "cold sound" periods. My listening habits have changed and have become more sporadic and shorter in length. I have many nights where I plan to listen, I turn the gear on hours ahead and then not get a chance to listen. Therefore wasting electricity and putting hours on my NOS tubes. If I could get warmed up sound in about 15 minutes I would be a happy audiophile.
I'm with you Herman, that some sort of heating would have a positive effect on the warm up process. I completely agree with all the posters that warm up is the only way to get the gear to sound it's best, my intent was to get a few opinions on "speeding" that process up with some sort of external/internal heating. It is my opinion that if a part becomes heated by normal operation during playback, then prematurely heating that part up to at or near operating temperature would result in quicker warm up times and shorter "cold sound" periods. My listening habits have changed and have become more sporadic and shorter in length. I have many nights where I plan to listen, I turn the gear on hours ahead and then not get a chance to listen. Therefore wasting electricity and putting hours on my NOS tubes. If I could get warmed up sound in about 15 minutes I would be a happy audiophile.