Hello everyone !

Maybe you can help me with this one.

I am interested in going the tube way !!
However, primarily because of cost considerations, I might first try the "hybrid" way.
In order to get most of the benefits of the "tube experience" which component should be tube powered : preamp or amp ?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Guys,i have a friend with a Roksan radius and a Sumiko Blue
point special.He recently bought a Michell Engineering record clamp which consists of a small felt mat designed to be placed on the spindle and underneeth the record and the actual clamp which you screw on top of the record.His setup

Do you know of any unit I could buy for a reasonable price that could give my a good idea of how many peak watts my amp is putting out? I'm really curious to know.

The Cary subsidiary offering American made, bargain priced, tube amps/preamps looks worth a review to me. Anything in the works?

Anyone know how to make a CD player quiet? It isn't that it is loud... just that because of room set up the unit is very close to the listening position and during more delicate parts I can hear it spinning. Any ideas (moving it is last on my list)?