I don't think you are going to get away from the tube noise with ANY NOC tubes with the rhea.
I have tried the Rhea twice at home with my dyna XV-1 and while it sounds good, I personally could not live the tube noise.
If you are looking at another tube phono stage, the ARC PH7 is amazing and quiet to boot. Just make sure you have an active line stage as it only has 57db of gain.
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I have tried the Rhea twice at home with my dyna XV-1 and while it sounds good, I personally could not live the tube noise.
If you are looking at another tube phono stage, the ARC PH7 is amazing and quiet to boot. Just make sure you have an active line stage as it only has 57db of gain.
cheers