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Are there any tube amps that don't give off any---

HEAT!! 
I have a very small dedicated listening room, and so I was wondering IF there are any tube amps..I guess hybrid or all tube ( although more all tube)- that simply give off NO heat or very very little heat after full warm up. Since the climate seems to be getting hotter, it would be nice to have the benefits of a tube amp with no heat whatsoever. ( is this even possible?). 
Running AC isn't my preferred way of listening in a small room, so this question is now on my mind. I do not want to consider Class D solid state amps...as I know they are an option from a heat perspective...but just tubes.
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oldhvymec
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I see MC is up and Atom.. That's planet "Uranus", runs VERY cool, but a slight, "outhouse" smell as the day goes on..:-)

NOW

I don't know what your winters are like, but I swap my tube amps out in the summer for class Ds. I use Valve amps in the late fall, winter and spring (cool summer nights if we have any). It keeps the house quit toasty, when I really get going.. I use a Mac preamps, C20-C2500s, all valves.

Have the best of both worlds.. No idea on your speakers, and the actual room size. 

Mac has a hybrid. Valve pre section, and SS amp section. They run pretty cool. They will provide you with running temps too. They always have good data, just have to know where to find it.. 

Personally a valve pre amp with Valve/SS power amps, nothing better.
Next in line for the money, a GOOD integrated, tube pre/SS amp section.

I wonder if anyone is making an Integrated with a tube (valve) pre amp and Class Ds for the power amp? I'm sure they are out there. Easy enough to do it with separates.

The valve in the preamp can get hot to, 6SN7s get hot, a lot of preamps use them now too..Carys, and Freya +, I love them, but they run HOT...

Regards
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