I have been pretty impressed with my musical design pre amp. I also found John who is Musical Design to be very responsive. Why don't you give him a call or email?
I have used a SP2-B with several amps including Belles and Marsh and it was always very quiet. If both amp and preamp are working correctly you should not here any noise. Maybe a bad tube?
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