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Any good tube headphones and headphone amps for vinyl playback?

I have a pretty good analog setup: SME deck, Koetsu cart, Pass Labs phono preamp.  I'm not sure if this is a thing that many people do, but I'm interested in listening to vinyl exclusively through headphones.  If I connect a tube headphone amp to my phono stage to listen with headphones, will it be too noisy and not worth it?  Most headphone listeners use digital playback which makes sense.  Does anyone have any good experience with listening to good vinyl playback via headphones that is quiet?
tyan42

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tyan42 OP
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Thanks,  do you have any suggestions for headphone/amp combos that work well with vinyl?
tyan42 OP
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I suppose my budget is flexible, but I’d like to spend no more than 2K on both amp and headphones. I like the tube sound as I use a VAC and Harbeth monitors.  I’m flexible though, but I’ve always preferred tubes.  
tyan42 OP
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Doing some research spending the money on the headphones themselves seems to be what most do.  Considering I already am using a phono stage which will be doing most of my amplifying, I can get by with a cheaper option headphone amp.  
tyan42 OP
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Schitt headphone amps have a pretty good reputation and value for money.  I was thinking of pairing them with something like one of the better Audeze or Hifiman headphones.  
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