Popping noises

Could be just a bad connection developing between tube pins and socket connection. Try removing and re-seating the tubes, power and small tubes. If you can identify the specific tube, and you might do this by rotating tubes from channel to channel, you can also try to tighten the contacts in the power tube sockets if the former doesn't work.

Yes. It could be JJ's. I've had noisy ones. But as often as not with newer tubes it was a seating/contact problem. One of the reasons I suggested that as a probable issue for you was the appearance of the noise during warm up but not continually thereafter. Metal shrinks when cold and expands when hot. When hot the tubes pins would be making better contact.