Two things about tubes

Pardon typos.

I have a tube integrated and it is silent. Mine will play music within a few seconds of powering on but it does take about 10 - 20 min to get fully heated up and sounding great. Oh yeah for what ever it is worth my speakers are 85db.

Don't be afraid to name names guys. It's nice your amps are quiet but how can we find a quiet one unless we know which ones they are?

I have a Shindo Auriges preamp and ASL Hurricane power amps. System is dead quiet. Can't tell it is on until music starts playing. This is true even when I am using the phono stage of the Shindo. But a little tube rush that you can't hear from your listening position is really nothing to worry about

03-20-11: Ddd1
Don't be afraid to name names guys. It's nice your amps are quiet but how can we find a quiet one unless we know which ones they are?
Ddd1 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

After having so many different combination's of gear, this one is still easy, no noisy ones. The only ones that had noise had a bad tube, or something else wrong. I do tube swapping looking for better sounding tubes and wore out sockets in the past. That will make noise. I still can't name a noisy one. I haven't tried the Chinese imports, just mainly the American ones, European, and all were quiet. A lot from Audible Illusions to VAC, and others between. Conrad Johnson too.