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Midrange hiss....VERY slight...with my Dared pre

Let me start by saying that I've never owned a Tube preamp. I bought this piece 2nd hand, it has 'upgraded' tubes (installed by the previous owner, who seemed to know his stuff). The model is the SL-2000A. Anyway, after listening I noticed that there is a rather prominent hiss in the midrange. It sometimes is VERY unnoticable...but when the sound is playing in a certain range (perhaps around 2-5khz) the infromation is played with a slight hiss. Is this just what tubes do? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks.
radium141

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david99
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I have the SL-2000A.Its the 2005 unit with the upgraded auri caps,silver wiring,nicer cosmetics,2 outputs.
My dared is dead quite,low noise floor.Never a hiss or any odd sounds.
I have vg NOS tubes in it.
This preamp is very sensitive to tubes.
I would start with your tubes as the problem.
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