Ok, I'm almost there with all but a preamp to bring it together. I use my system all day every day so tubes are likely gonna burn out fast. I have:

Thiel 3.6 speakers

Bryston 4B-SST amp

Bryston BDA-1 DAC

Rega P3 w/ RB300 and Dynavector 10x5

and... what preamp??????

My room is hairly hard so bightness needs to be minimized. I also favor a warmer sound in general.

I have on hand a Bryston BP25 (very bright and fatiguing) and a McIntosh C15 (better but a not super transperent and detailed). 

I'm considering:

Classe, Simaudio, Krell, Pass, Mark Levinson, Parasound, Placette. 

Any suggestions as to which models to look at? What am I missing?

Many thanks for reading.

Cheers

dbdog