Rhea Noise

Thanks all for your feedback. Refer to the other post for additional info, however I never heard noise with the PH-3. The stock ARC/Rhea both use sovtek 6922.

Mr. Doug Deacon your point is well taken. We live, we learn, and we grow.......but the following may give you some idea of my propensity or lack there of for change in this hobby:
Pre Amp 12 yrs
Phono 4 yrs
CD 12 yrs although I did add a DAC
Monoblocks 5 yrs
Turntable 12 yrs
Spkr cable 17 yrs
Spkrs 5 yrs
Sub 16 yrs
Power Cond 8 yrs

Dan ed on the contrary, I love my Rhea. See 3/4/10 comments.

Take care.

Once again Thanks for your feedback.. I recently spoke with Mike from Aesthetix. After some tube "gyrations" he concluded the tubes were bad at V 1/2 on both channels. He is burning in a new set for me as I write this. Since I mounted the Shelter 90x, I had to set the gain at 565db using the balance out which increases gain to 62db. The "tube rush" was not typical. This sounded like a LOUD constant wind. It was loud enough that non stereo listeners asked me "what is that noise" Anyway I compliment the tech support from Aesthetix, and we'll see if these different tubes are quieter. Once again thanks for your feedback. I learn so much from the posts.

For what it is worth I would not trade my Rhea for anything.....well maybe a Manley since I have their mono-blocks but other than that nothing. My noise issues have been completely managed since my original post. Once again I salute their tech support.