How long does it take your tube amp to warm up?

How long does it take your tube amp to warm up?

Forty days and forty nights! lol

Mike

Is the benefit from an extended warm-up more so due to tubes warming up or the transformers?

Seems the tubes would be getting warm pretty quickly. Since the transformers are larger maybe they take longer.

My amplifier which has around 14 tubes is much better to listen to after an hour. A bit constrained during the first hour.

output transformers need more time to reach steady state than the tubes! ref150se takes about 80 minutes for me. ref5se bass is more better 
(mo better!!) after 40 minutes. Very apparent w/a sub in the system.

My VAC gear sounds decent after 5 minutes, but incrementally improves over the next 2 hours.  I warm everything up at once and play LP's that I don't totally engage me or are a new purchase at lower levels for several sides.  The other question is: once warmed up, does it take the same amount of warm up time after it's turned off and restarted to sound superb, or is there residual heat that remains.  Thinking of the scenario of going out to dinner (I never leave my gear on when I'm not home) and then once home again firing the system up again.  I would think that one would "get credit" for earlier play time.  

At least an hour for my Quicksilver Mini Mite mono blocks to reach their best sound. This is with regular use. If they sit for awhile it could be several hours for them to sound their best.