The only thread I buy by the cone is Signature cotton machine quilting thread. I just got some online thru Wawak. I never would have heard of it but when I got my Janome 1600P the dealer gave me a cone of it. It is very low lint for cotton thread & I love it.
I, too find CT thread lintier than others. One of my machines gets really linty using it & the other one not as bad. It's still decent thread but I can see that it wouldn't be as fine as you want.