The Manley Steelhead is a very good choice, also the Line Preamp from Stan Klyne, Model 7 with Phono Stage, excellent sound, adjustable for a lot of cartridges and the preamp also has 2 gain pots for all kind of connected amps. When you look for a remote, Jeff Rowland had some years ago an excellent Preamp with Phono for the money, the Consonance. Also adjustable for cartridges and it can be found for small money. I think, they can still be serviced from JR.
Best Pre with a built-n phono section?
I’m wondering if there is a preamp out there that has a great built in phono section. Due to space limitations, I’d rather not go the separate pre / phono pre route. Associated equipment: Spectron Musician IIISE MK II amp, Magnepan 3.6 speakers, Electrocompaniet CD Player, Nottingham Ace TT with a Benz Glider H2 cartridge (2.5 mV output.) I would probably need to go SS pre; I could use a tubed pre if the heat out put was minimal. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!