Hi Ed,
The TJ 12AX7 (and 12AU7, 12AT7 coming soon) has been designed from the ground up for low noise high-end audio pre-amp applications, there isn't a 'low noise' designation. I run them in our phono-stages (MC and MM) and pre-amps and have not noticed any noise issues even with borderline to spec tubes. We test all for zero Heater to Cathode leakage and zero gas created current, these two items if not zero can cause noise in tubes. We also of course test for microphonics and section matching as part of our testing and matching service with our Amplitrex AT-1000.
Cheers,
Ian