What exactly is the noise floor. Are you talking about background noise or min volumes?
I was told that there were some initial minor problems found with the first version and the version 2 took steps to correct them. Not even sure what they were supposed to be. Either way the 773 sounds great to me.
Troy
M80
VP150
4-QS8
EP600
Monitor Audio S8
NAD T 773
Anthem MCA3 II
Hitachi 57" projection