Aesthetix Rhea?

I should have added that I run my Helikon at 62 dB (whereas only 56 dB with the original tubes) and at 125 Ohms.

I also have an origional Rhea. Love it. Go for it.

Rick

I had one - for a short time - some time ago. Well, the noise, yes, in my - sensitive- Speaker System everything from 60+ was more or less not useable. And the Soundstage was foggy and compressed. I used it in combination with several Line Preamps, Aesthetix, Klyne .... but at the end of day it was disappointing. Probably it will work with a low sensitive System better, but for me it was nothing to write home about.

Not a Rhea, but an IO, no noises, no issues. Great sounding phono amp.

Have had same experience as Syntax, noisy and I tried many tubes but could not get noise to go away, this was several years ago so have not tried a newer version, just not worth the trouble IMHO.