Manley Chinook to Aesthetix Rhea Signature?

while i am a lover of most things Aesthetix, my personal belief is a FET and tubes will better the all tube phono over time for noise. This is where a great relationship with an Aesthetix dealer AND ultra low noise tube vendor essential. Aesthetix recommend Andy at Vintage Tube services for a reason. I have a ML with a Herron but it has a FET then 5 tubes..

Hopefully you can listen before you buy.

best to you, enjoy the music

Jim

What is the output of the Hana?

@tomic601 wish I had a dealer in the area that had the product availability. One dealer out here sells but doesn't stock inventory, to my knowledge. Very nice gentleman though. 

@jperry .4Mv for the Hana ML

super nice system I would be inlined to isolate your existing tube phono with HRS base or similar products ( symposium, etc ), do some tube rolling, get into a silver AQ cable from arm to phono stage  ( if it has a DIN ), iF the Manley has a non torrid transformer, find a VPI Magic brick for it. Finally a Hana Umami .

fun

@tomic601 likewise my friend. That custom faceplate on the Herron looks damn good!

Hana Umami is in the cards, but I enjoy bourbon too much to purchase one at the moment. I'd definitely like to put my Hana up against at Keseki Blue soon though. 

So since the Aesthetix Rhea is pure tube without FET's you'd suggest tweaks over the upgrade? Also, the HRS platform are really THAT good?