My first venture into tube amplifiers had been with the very budget friendly Little Bear P8, not a bad amplifier for the price but certainly not perfect. The build quality, thermal management and sound left a lot to be desired however, I liked what I heard from the tubes. Doing a lot of reading on tube amplifiers made me form a general idea of what I would want in a tube amplifier in my head.   After following the thread about the Elise on Head-Fi and reading all the positive comments from early adopters I decided to take the plunge and order my...