Tube preamp suggestions.


I would love to hear from anyone who has heard individually or compared good tube preamplifiers lately. I was dead set on getting the Wyetech but is is so much money for a line stage only. I am very happy with the way my system sounds in general but would like to experiment with tubes as my whole system has been entirely solid state except for my phono pre. I love all types of music but especially enjoy ambient electronic music, classical music, and jazz. I am tempted by the ease of having a remote control and lots of features but the truth is I want the best sound quality. I like crystal clarity, holographic, engaging sound so a tube preamp that is still accurate and with a lot of coloration would be great.

Here is my short list of potential tube preamps:

Wyetech Labs New Jade
Atmasphere MP3
Joule Electra LA150 (maybe used)
McIntosh C2200 (maybe used)

My current system is:
Audio Physic Virgo 3 loudspeaker
Spectron Musician 3 signature edition
Edge Electronics G1 solid state preamplifier
Resolution Audio Opus 21 CDP
Tara Labs RSC Interconnects
Isoclean Power cords

Thanks for you input.
j_evege
Thanks for all of your suggestions. I failed to mention before that my max budget for a tube pre is around 5k. I don't want to spend that much if possible but would like to avoid buying something as a pacifier then getting the urge to resell a year later. Thanks again!
Check out Audio Horizons 2.0 or 2.1 - large detailed thread here - set you back much less than your budget
You did say you want a lot of coloration, what do you mean by that? I think SBank's description of the Joule is dead on.
I would recommend reading Supratek thread.

I recently evaluated three preamps home.
*Supratek Chardonnay
*Jas Arrey1.1
*Consonance Cyber 222 MK II

also Raysonic C200, GRANITE AUDIO 770fp , Cary SLP 98P with my amps, CDP but different speakers.