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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:
HI jjk,
My first answer was too brief. If you are using a normal MM or high output cartridge, tubes can be pretty quiet and work very well because of the relatively low gain they can operate at. I speaking of hiss not hum. Hum should be essentially zero.However, low to medium output MC cartridges are a different story. In this case tubes are extremly noise challanged and very few can be called quiet. In my system I have an all tube Aesthetix Rhea phono stage. It is very quiet but still puts out a little hiss. I can't hear it at my listening position. It is the quietest tube phono stage with low output (200 microvolts) cartridges I have ever heard. But it is not a cheap phono amp. To get performance like this you have to pay the bucks.
In general, tube phono stages used with low output catridges are not quiet and I would not have one. The Aesthetix Rhea is an exception and I truly love it.
Hum is not an issue or a problem.
Sparky
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