Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state?

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.  

for a truly deep black silent background, tubes just cannot match top notch solid state

ayre gear is what i think of when i think of deep dark black background, from which the music emanates - it is magical, almost eery, hegel comes close to that too with their amps

but you get something from tubes that ss just doesn’t give you -- so like everything else, there is a tradeoff involved...

@tvad I’ve looked at the MZ2 but I need 2 sets of outputs. The MZ3 is about triple so it’s not in reach. Plus both have speaker jacks, headphone jacks and junk I dont need Inflating the price.
If I move on from the QS, $2k would be my budget. Which is a bummer. Overall I like the sound, wish I could crank down the gain. As a stop gap I resuscitated the Schiit SYS from my closet and looped it in between the QS and Odyssey. I gave the volume knob a light twist counter clockwise to bring the gain down. And now when we power down the QS we click off the subs and select unused inputs on the SYS, now no sound happens when powering up the QS.