How to determine if your system/component has sufficiently low noise? Simple. Play something at realistic (or desired volume) levels, then stop play and, at approximately half the distance that you normally listen to your system, listen and note if you hear any noise. Depending on your source, you might hear noise or not. If you don't hear any noise, great. If you do hear noise, also great, now you can start tweaking, which is what tweaking is all about, repairing an audible or perceived defect in the system.
Quietest amplifier you have ever owned.
I hate it when I'm sitting in the listening chair with no music playing and you can hear the sound of the amplifier coming through the speakers. I was curious what the quietest amps out there might be. One example I can think of would be the Antique Sound Labs MG-SI15DT integrated amplilfier. With the amp on and no music playing I can put my ear right up to the speaker and hear nothing but dead silence. This is probably the quietest amp I have ever had and it probably has something to do with it's single-ended design.
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