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In Reply to: Are tubed phono stages noisier as a broad sweeping generalization? posted by jjk12 on April 16, 2007 at 15:37:16:
The noise you are hearing with the Project unit sounds like a faint hum. This is likely due to grounding, nothing to do with tube vs ss. What you are hearing with the Bellari is more like intrinsic tube noise, but it is misleading to do the test the way you describe (crank the volume up with the stylus off the record). Also, you are talking about perhaps the cheapest production tube phono section on earth, albeit a good one by all accounts. The best criterion by which to answer your own question is to ask yourself whether the tube "noise" bothers you while you are actually listening to records under normal conditions. If it does not, stop worrying. In actual fact, technically yes, tubes tend to be noisier than transistors in this application, but the two devices generate different kinds of noise that are not equally irritating. Gurus who know more than I do will argue endlessly on this topic. After 30 years of audiophilia, I am using a tube phono section, if that helps.
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