transistor pre with the sound of tubes

Like others have said, not sure what "mature enough" means. What I will say is that if you were to get a tube pre you're likely going to want to switch out the stock tubes. Most of the new production tubes are so clean that they're almost like transistors. You're likely going to want to roll in some NOS Mullard's or mazdas or brimars or amperex to get that "tube" sound.

6' tall redhead with size 5 feet!

Mature enough is ment as a joke. When i was a bloke older guys usually babbled about tubes.The other thing is my musical preferences which is no jazz, blues or such. It's alternative music. Well, if it matters, I am 47, so i deem myself as mature enough talking age atleast!

Get a Tavish classic or vintage tubed preamp, great products from a great USA company. Another very good tubed preamp would be the pro-ject tube box ds2.

How about VTL TL5.5 Series II Signature?
What tubes would i use for most neutral sound?