Aesthetix Rhea Signature and IO MK2

For what's its worth, I have Io Eclipse and it may be a bit noisier than my Lamm LP2 but I certainly don't think that it is noisy. However, my dealer did warn me that using stock tubes, with daily usage, the tubes may not last much more than a year. I only have mine for about 7-8 months so I guess I would find out soon. Although I did change the first gain stage and a few other tubes with NOS tubes which sound quite a bit nicer than stock tubes. If only I can get Io Eclipse with 3 separate inputs and a remote..... :)

Programmergeek, hmm.... if the tubes are quite new, I would guess that it is less to be the tubes. Sonically, they are not quite as good as NOS tubes but they are carefully selected and it would be rather difficult to find a whole set of NOS that have as low microphonic as Aesthetix stock tubes unless you spend a fortune. But I suppose the new tubes sometimes don't last nearly as long as NOS, so I am told. That's a big bummer...