Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state?

As far as the QS is concerned, my
previous was a Schiit SYS. So while I think the QS sounds good I don’t have any frame of reference. The high gain of the Odyssey made the Sys seem logical (though it was a stop gap). The SYS. Worked well and sounded fine. In the Odyssey forums it seems most pair with tube preamps and I wanted to get into tubes (the QS is my first piece of tube gear) so I guess I’ve been lucky until now. I would like to make my next purchase a tube phono stage and maybe even add a tube amplifier as an alternate. But maybe I’m not ready or have enough electronics knowledge.
I suffer from anxiety while also working 1 full time and 2 part time jobs. So when I can’t just take a couple hours and spin a few sides I get nuts. I’ve been lucky up to this point so I’ve leaned a lot. 
As an aside, anyone who upgraded from Quicksilver line stage I’d be curious as to what you upgraded to. 

Could be. Likewise as long as long you buy from a reputable dealer and he insures that the tube tests unused and measures within industry guidelines it is NOS

facten1

... as long you buy from a reputable dealer and he insures that the tube tests unused and measures within industry guidelines it is NOS ...

NOS = New Old Stock
Used ≠ New

@cleeds I agree with this 100%.
Interestingly, in the tube re-seller world, there seems to be a propensity to label tubes as NOS. These very tubes are in fact used and measure as if new. I guess if one questions how many tubes from the 1950’s -1970’s have survived brand new in a box (that have NEVER been inserted into a tube socket), the answer to what is going on becomes more clear. Not saying i totally agree with the practice, but how many times has one bought a NOS tube and looked at the pins to see that they are brand new....I know I have bought these from so-called ’reputable’ tube re-sellers and the tube pins are anything but brand new! I was disclosed that they come in an original box ( mostly) and they test as new. ( which is also a ’relative’ term).

And next, when we use the term quiet or noisy are we talking solely about the hiss in the speaker drivers ?

A noisy tube will be just that. It will raise the noise floor through your system. IOW, where your system once had a black background, there is now a layer of noise. In a worst case scenario you will hear some tube rush through the speakers.
Amps, preamps, phonostages with high gain will make the noise from a tube more audible. A phonostage with it’s high amount of gain should always use tubes that have been noise-tested.

Even true NOS tubes in original boxes can have a degree of noise.