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Most Quiet TUBE Preamp. Linestage. $ 12K or less

Hello gentlemen.
I am on the market now for an all TUBE preamp. Linestage only. My budget is $12K new or used. A main criteria is this tube preamp must be "Noiseless".

My main beef with tube preamps in the past is the Noise. I want dead silence. No HUM, No Buzz just dead silence.You can literally put your ear to the chasis and hear nothing.

Is there such an all Tube preamp that is Dead Silent ?

THANK YOU.
Joe
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dsremer
210 posts
 
Tha quitest tube pre that I have experenced in my system is my First Sound MK4.0 Although I have heard the A.R.Ref 3 and it also is absolutly quite
tom_hankins
928 posts
 
ARC Ref.3!!
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warrenh
2,299 posts
 
guys forgive my ignorance, but exactly (I am relatively new to tubedom) what is the preamp tube noise you are talking about? Am I missing it? I have a SET amp and SET pre, but I don't hear a darn thing, but the music. thanks in advance, warren :)
mab33
101 posts
 
Like Raquel said, at your budget there are some fine SS choices as well. I recently purchased an Essential 3150 from Raul and am very happy with it. There are a couple threads going on about it on the Analog form if you are interested.

Matt
cmo
471 posts
 
Some friends and I (hey Matt) recently did a little preamp comparison with an ARC Ref3, BAT 51se, and my Aesthetix Callisto. All three were very quiet on my AVG's... And believe me when I say that with these speakers you are going to hear a noisy component.

Chris
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