1) No. But the sound may not be all that pleasant. I typically turn on my system and let it warm up (with music playing) at lower volume for about 30 minutes.
2) Yes. A couple of minutes for initial setting, and then after about an hour or two for final setting. Check your bias regularily (every couple of months) not only for maintaining optimum sound quality but you will also note tube wear.
3) Without knowledge of your amp, generically I would suggest that since power tubes can fail suddenly and they can be a PITA if they take out a resistor when they do, that you watch the power tubes during the first minute or so of warm up - if you see the plates starting to glow red turn it off and put in a new tube. Tubes shorts usually happen at initial turn on, but when walking by the amp from time to time its a good idea to check the tubes for any red glow on the tubes. Also listen occasionally close to your speaker with only the amp on for crackling sounds (not tube rush) which can reveal either a driver tube getting noisy or a problem with a power tube.
Don't get anal about tube rolling. Excessive tube changes can cause solder joints etc in the tube sockets to fail. Also, try not to rock the tubes to extract them, for the same reason.
Hope that helps a bit........
2) Yes. A couple of minutes for initial setting, and then after about an hour or two for final setting. Check your bias regularily (every couple of months) not only for maintaining optimum sound quality but you will also note tube wear.
3) Without knowledge of your amp, generically I would suggest that since power tubes can fail suddenly and they can be a PITA if they take out a resistor when they do, that you watch the power tubes during the first minute or so of warm up - if you see the plates starting to glow red turn it off and put in a new tube. Tubes shorts usually happen at initial turn on, but when walking by the amp from time to time its a good idea to check the tubes for any red glow on the tubes. Also listen occasionally close to your speaker with only the amp on for crackling sounds (not tube rush) which can reveal either a driver tube getting noisy or a problem with a power tube.
Don't get anal about tube rolling. Excessive tube changes can cause solder joints etc in the tube sockets to fail. Also, try not to rock the tubes to extract them, for the same reason.
Hope that helps a bit........