FWIW, Last night I fired up the system and turned up the volume all the way. Not much noise, and I need to be within 3-5 feet to hear it. For contrast, with the volume at max for phono listening, 1 to 2 oclock range, I can hear the noise from my Ayre P5x phono pre at my listening position. But that noise is very different, less bad, than white noise.
I don't think you should hear much noise, if any.
I have an ARC REFII mkII driving Pass Aleph 2 monos which have 25K ohm (Balanced) inputs with Vandersteen 5A x-over set at 20K (its 20 or 33K)inbetween.
The unit is just over a year old with under 1K hours. My room is very quiet.
Terry
I don't think you should hear much noise, if any.
I have an ARC REFII mkII driving Pass Aleph 2 monos which have 25K ohm (Balanced) inputs with Vandersteen 5A x-over set at 20K (its 20 or 33K)inbetween.
The unit is just over a year old with under 1K hours. My room is very quiet.
Terry