Line Magnetic 518ia - How Much Heat Does It Produce?


Hello, and thanks for any help with this. I'm helping a very dear friend, who loves music, and good audio equipment, put together a system. He has suffered some very serious personal setbacks of late, and one of the key things he has turned to, is putting together an audio system as a means to attempt to move forward. He is trying to put together a nice audio system in what he has available, a small room.

He travels a fair bit for work, and has had two recent experiences listening to the exceptional Line Magnetic 518ia, and was blown away by it. I can guarantee you that he has heard some very good audio components, but has been captivated by the 518ia. If you have heard it, or read the reviews, you understand, as I do. That's a truly amazing piece of gear, especially for the price.

Here is my concern, Because of serious budget deficits related to his other problems,  he can only afford one of these wonderful integrated amps, used. Okay, they are available  in his price range. I have him set up with speakers and everything else to maximize the quality of his system. But, this is a Class A amp, even if relatively low wattage. He would be using this in a 10x10 room, with the integrated amp only 2.5 feet away from where he sits. There is no other available placement. Is this going to overheat him, and/or the room? 

Any input would be appreciated. If he cannot make use of this amp he loves so much, it could get very difficult to find anything else, given it's price performance capabilities. 
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Al, thank you for your always valuable advice and expertise. That gain concern is a real issue if intending to use it as an integrated, as you wisely pointed out. You saved me from potentially making a mistake in recommending the Torii MkIV. I truly appreciate the input.
My little Dennis Had Firebottle HO (it's a HO...says so right there) has only 4 tubes and ties you to efficient speakers for ultimate enjoyment (it's a 12WPC class A SEP meaning Serious Enjoyment Product), so there's that. However, it runs hot as hell and I mean all over the damn thing, which is how it's designed...less overall heat than a power amp with more tubes running, but still...hot. And utterly worth it as it sounds fabulous...I give a lot of air of course, and fully expect it to melt into a pile someday, but after daily use for a year and a half it hasn't. Yet.
The Line Magnetic would definitely put out too much heat in that size room.  My recommendation would be a Leben CS 300XS.  It’s compact and produces minimal heat as current draw is listed as 82W.  It sounds killer on Devores and Proac’s.  Don’t underestimate the 15W rating.  It plays much bigger than you could imagine.  Plus it’s retro cool looking and artisan quality build.
I just upgraded from a Jolida JD302CRC (50 Watts) I used EL34,and KTT7 power tubes (matched quartet) and in my normal sized living room it was not a problem. Watchful with pets and children as it was open chassis with pretty tubes glowing.
My new amp a Jolida 1000 BRC (100 watts or 150 watts with 6550 tubes) It has 8 power tubes EL34’s so far, and it puts out a tremendous amount of heat. I live in Fresno, CA the last day day it was not in triple digits was a month ago and I am using a cooling fan on it. It has tubes covered behind glass and surface temp was 143F, with fan about 101F. I have it in a salamander archetype rack I hope it don’t bake the component above it. My last Jolida has lasted 12 years with only tube changes, and pot cleanings. Simple-Perfection. My Preamp is a Cambridge 851N [network streamer/preamp/dac]. I run Amp in bypass mode for all but vinyl for that I use Vincent PHO 8 phono amp VPI Scout Jr. Grado Platinum Reference MM.
Can the tube cover be removed from the 1000? I wondered about that when I considered replacing a great sounding Jolida 502P I used for 5 or 6 years...I went in the direction of the single ended Had amp, but have nothing but respect for modern Jolida stuff and enjoyed talking to the MD Jolida people when researching the tube amp possibilities.