what gear to get started

[02audionoob]

Thanks for all the info. A bit overwhelmed. The options are endless so I have some thinking to do...so rb speakers with a turntable with a built in preamp, the joliba tube amp, and the tube dac? Does this tube dac mean i can plug in, say, a psp or squeezebox as a source? learning lots!!

Yes...you could connect the digital output of a Squeezebox to the DAC.