Two things about tubes

Do the tubes gear need a pre-heat time before starting to listening to ???

I start listening to a tube amp when I first turn it on, and it sounds good. After 20 minutes or so, it seems to reach it's best sound.

Do the tubes are noise and able to produce enough audible noise between songs ??

Not unless there is a noisy or defective tube in the amp/preamp. Tube and SS amps can give a little hiss if you put you ear against the speaker, but not from you listening spot. Someone must have a bad tube or anther problem if they said that.

Pardon typos.

03-20-11: Ddd1
Don't be afraid to name names guys. It's nice your amps are quiet but how can we find a quiet one unless we know which ones they are?
Ddd1 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

After having so many different combination's of gear, this one is still easy, no noisy ones. The only ones that had noise had a bad tube, or something else wrong. I do tube swapping looking for better sounding tubes and wore out sockets in the past. That will make noise. I still can't name a noisy one. I haven't tried the Chinese imports, just mainly the American ones, European, and all were quiet. A lot from Audible Illusions to VAC, and others between. Conrad Johnson too.