Diving into the world of tubes...help needed!

I second something from Rogue, I owned the RP5 pre and ST100 amp and with nos tubes they sound awesome. But what ever you buy and I was new to tubes also you have to go with nos tubes if you want that old sxhool tube sound imho

Love my prima luna prologue preamp with my carver crimson 275 and there is US support for prima luna. It is clearly a well made product. And Chinese made is a great way to save money. Fit and finish is perfect.

Thanks for your input everyone. I'll consider all of your suggestions as I continue my search :)

Check out Quicksilver Audio in California. Man they make some nice stuff.

I get what some of you are saying but if you’re going to Join the world of tubes (the world I live in) , you can’t go on the cheap.. you will be disappointed and leave it in your rear view mirror. To achieve quality music, I’m sorry to say you have to spend money.. there are killer deals on used gear out there if you have a certain budget you need to stick with.. unfortunately the more you can spend, the music gets so much better.. I originally started with 65k budget and more then doubled it by the time I finished.. 😂😂 shhhhhhhhhh, don’t  tell my wife! I’ll have to get her more sparkly things! 😛 now I just sit back and enjoy musical bliss in the evenings with her!! Just my 2 cents..