Just to follow up on my previous post -- if you are a complete newbie to tubes, and you just want to try them (a perfectly reasonable desire), then you might want to go with an integrated like the Primaluna Prologue 2. It's pretty much plug-and-play, with its auto-bias feature. And it allows you to use various power tubes, so you can compare, for example, KT-88s and EL-34s. You can do a little tube rolling with the small tubes as well to tailor the sound to your liking. I owned the Primaluna for a while and liked it, and unlike some other tube gear I've owned, it always behaved well, never needed fixing.
Another possible combination for you -- a tube preamp and a solid-state power amp. One of my favorite combos from the past was a Conrad-Johnson PV12L tube preamp driving a McCormack DNA-125 power amp -- grace, warmth, and muscle.
Another possible combination for you -- a tube preamp and a solid-state power amp. One of my favorite combos from the past was a Conrad-Johnson PV12L tube preamp driving a McCormack DNA-125 power amp -- grace, warmth, and muscle.