Good beginner tube amp suggestions

If your tastes run to warm and lush: Tube whatever you get with NOS, British(ie: Mullard or Brimar) tubes. The PrimaLuna pieces are nice, easy to use(self-biasing), and Kevin(Upscale Audio) can tube them to fill your desires .

so i am overwhelmed with the response this thread has gotten. this is a very helpful dialog. i think my jolida source fell through and it was totally in my price range. basically i would rather spend less than 1000 and 500 would be great. i'm thinking used is the way to go as long as i do my homework on the seller. i like the idea of getting the tubes to give the lush sound. if i get an integrated am i spending more? would i need one even though i have the Bellari? should i keep the Bellari no matter what? i've noticed most amps do not have headphone jacks. am i even close to learning anything?

thanks folks!

Your going to need the Bellari as the phono stage. Most anything does not come with one. I really like my Primaluna PL2. I believe there are a couple on the site for sale. I got mine from an agoner. In fact, I've put together my whole system from here. I believe if you're looking used, this is the place to look. Everyone seems very knowledgable and keeps their equipment in great shape. I'd be leary about buying hi-fi from ebay....