Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state?

@dhite71

Does a faint white noise degrade the sound somehow particularly if its barely audible without putting your ear to the driver? 

+1 for Vintage Tube Services !!!

May not be just the tubes that are noisy.  I have had some noisy pre amps (Schiit, Decware) and changing tubes makes a difference but could never get a black background until I changed to Allnic.  Allnic doesn't have any sense of tube bloom, it is very detailed and quiet like solid state but has a sweet almost holographic presentation and a very strong accurate low end.  I can turn the volume almost all the way before I hear noise in my speakers.  I would never listen at that level.  I also found using single ended RCA IC's added to the noise.

Don't go solid state, the quicksilver preamps are great and amazing value. I have both versions (remote, non remote), super quiet with any tube (maybe I am lucky with the tubes). I now am using NOS RCA's. QS stock tubes are pretty decent. Mike is a great engineer, he knows what he does. 

I worked with tubes for 20 years in the late 60's and into the 80's. Granted, the applications were in communications, a field not ruled by feelings and subjective "I can hear a difference" consensus, but by how the equipment functioned, and, God forbid, measured. When SS came along, there was a collective sigh of relief.  No more lethal voltages (for the most part) inside (try working on a 5,000 watt linear power amplifier sometime. Getting close to the pws caps creates a real pucker factor). I have a tube preamp now, but the magic has limits. If I start to experience the scenarios the OP has posted, I'll go back to SS gladly. Besides, well designed and executed SS sounds as good as well designed hollow state. The differences are no more than personal preference, assuming you don't have noisy tubes, or 60 cycle hum to contend with.