Pete Schiller
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Thanks for the feedback. Yes, Freya OG has a very high noise floor compared to the Freya+, according to what I've read and what the specs show. Microphonic tubes can be a problem, although with some tubes of the same variety that's not a problem, or not as much of one.No I haven't used the Freya OG in months now. I'm not a tube guy at all. Already switched to LISST for Freya OG back then and was very glad the 100% SS came out
My wife had trouble understanding the volume knob when the remote was used. She used to call out "the volume isn't working again" First back before you can go forward.
Both SS and tube gain stages? Maybe, not sure, I don't think so. Tubes are always so noisy. Can't touch the tray the pre is on or you can hear the tube ring over the speakers aaaaargh, Very high noise floor aaaargh. Distortion aaargh.
No I think I stick with Freya-S and let all the tube guys be happy with their choice, I'm happy with mine.
If you're happy with Freya S, I say sell Freya OG and don't look back. I'm quite happy with my Freya OG, but wanted to compare it to the other two. There are quiet musical passages where I'm pretty sure that the Freya OG noise floor is noticeable. I know that if I were to choose Freya S over the two tubed versions, I could get back a fair amount selling the 6DJ8 and related tubes that I've acquired. It's just really hard for me to compare tube stage to JFET buffer when the volumes are so different.