I’ve been looking into building my first real audiophile system and was considering a tube or hybrid amp, such as the Prima Luna Evo, Vincent audio SV-237Mk2, or Billie Amp Mk2. I haven’t decided anything for sure but one thing that came up with one of the reviewers for the Billie Amp is that if your speaker sensitivity is too high, like 96 dB+, you can hear I guess a tube noise or hiss. Is this true of any tube or hybrid amp, regardless of price-point? Will you hear it even with a good solid state amp? I was just curious as I don’t know much about noise floor or how to keep it as long as possible. Thanks!
Tldr:it’s about “dirty power”, and amp design and not so much about sensitivity.
It’s not that much about sensitivity of the speakers, but rather for tubes amps they are very prone to hiss/him, and I had Cayin ha6a, which was very very noisy, and even with different cable for the stock one(100€), there was 50% less hum. I ordered puritan psm1512, and with that I hope to hear nothing but the music. And my local dealer has primaluna, and it’s 0 noise