Interesting info... my demo Prestige (same one I brought to use as the front end for the Merlin/ARS-Sonum/Cardas room at the Stereophile show the other week) which is only a few months old with the new transport has been very, very quiet. If the transport or something else in the player is causing noise to come out the speakers, check the ground lift swtich on the rear panel. While I doubt its some kind of weird ground issue that is causing the noise, it would only take a few seconds to flip the switch to see if it makes any difference. One last thought... I would also check the placement of the player in regards to other gear... it could be some kind of odd interaction issue with other gear which may be located close to the player.
