Valve Analog Preamp, tla audio only decent option on budget? Options

[pixelboy]

Hi there
I´m creating dance music basically on my PB G4 with Logic 7, Live and Soft synths.
I´m locking for a decent valve front end that allows me to do preety much the works, guitar, mic, warming up signal to connect to my emi since I feel as tha need for some unstable analog harmonics to be added to my signal.

The thing is that I cant find a decently priced valve preamp, I am thinking of TLA as friends tell me its good, the thing is that most of them have also compresser and eq, and probably I wont be using it (I preffer plug-ins).
So basically I want a good sinal warmer (pardon for the english) that allows me to add that extra something valve thing until overdrive

Any good sugestions?
Thanks
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[pixelboy]

Hy guys sorry I havent replyed sooner but have been away touring for quite a while.
The issue regarding tubes and non tubes is one of those I believe will never die.
I will actually be using a rode nti1 and a shure and my gibson les paul and soft synths which maybe will pass trhough the preamp if i find it improves the sound.
One thing I am certain is that analog is different than digital, specially in what I do (electro/techno...) I tend to like to be able to overdrive everything and although psp vintage warmer and amplitube and the likes and fantastic sometimes I love the simple analog gain button as well as sound.
One of the main things I´m thinking on getting a tla is because it has a digital out and so that way I can bypass the crappy a/d converters on my emi 6|2 wich I find no reason to replace since I´m preetry much a mobile musician.
The avalon option seems fabulous from what I´ve heard but its too overpriced for me and so far my work does no justify it.
So in summing I am locking for a good input for my computer from my external sources and pure sound is not exactly what i´m locking for but I has to have some kind of qualçity of course.
I feel that each time more is not necessarily what you use that defines your sound but how u use it, and I´vé managed to get some decent recording with the onboard preamps on my mackie mixer wich I am going to sell soon.
ButI am defently wayting forward for the next paycheck to be spent partially on a tla.
Thank you all very much for your precious advises.