Tube preamp hum and noise.

[marchel]

Are tube line stage generally have more hum and noise than solid state line stage?

I'm eyeing this tube preamp board from ebay, Is this good? Tube preamplifier PCB w/parts,ref Matisse Fantasy/LS-25 - eBay (item 260289072700 end time Mar-12-10 05:29:59 PST)

Any other linestage recommendation.

Thanks

 

[johnmarkp]

I tried to build two of theses a few years ago. They sounded pretty good, not great. I could never get rid of the hum they made. I threw the book at both of them and finally gave up. I think the problems is with the PS. YMMV

 

[Glowbug]

Are tube line stage generally have more hum and noise than solid state line stage?

If properly built, no.

Time spent in choosing a power supply will pay off big time when it comes to a quiet line stage, I'm stuck in these decisions right now 🙂