Your thread on the vs60 having noise issues is now followed with the pre being noisy as well. Sounds like a nightmare trying to listen with all these issues.
Go with Ayre SS, dead quiet and nice sound. The other option is to isolate the tube or circuit that has the issue and repair or seek professional assistance. Also maybe accept that a very low level hiss or whatever might be there and weigh the other benefits of tube gear.
I can't hear anything coming out of the ARC amps and pre I have so you might want to look at some other issues like power as well.
In all honesty you seem knowledgeable but maybe tubes are not for you. Do you hear these sounds over the music, when in idle, or what?
