Kane, A few of us are going to build a tube preamp from the schematic in the link below. Come over and introduce yourself and check it out. I promise you I know less about tubes then you, but I figured there's only one way to learn, and that's just build one from scratch. We're going to go through the complete circuit answering the whys-and-hows of tube operation. Even if you decide not to build, please jump in and ask questions. Hope to see you over there.....Colin