inexpensive small true mic preamps

["Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com>]

I want to get either a mono or a stereo, tube mic preamplifier
that has a small footprint and also is a true tube mic pre.

If memory serves me correctly,  there was thread here where
someone said that the inexpensive tube mic pres, like the Art
where not true tube pres,  sending only a small amount of the signal
through the actual tube.

In that thread , if it was indeed, here,  someone highly recommended
a small stereo tube preamplifier that actually passed all the signal 
through
the tube and also was not prohibitively expensive (I believe in the 
$170-$200
range).

Can anyone refresh my memory or at least recommend something, small
that sounds good and doesn't cost an arm and a leg?

thanks, in advance,

Rick