I was in the same boat a few months ago. I tried out Graham Slee ERA Gold, SAP, and the built in phono stage in my McIntosh C2200 preamp. All worked well, until I came across Modwright 9.0 SE tube phono stage. If you are looking for tight bass, big sound-stage, and sound details, don't fail to audition this phono stage. The Graham Slee was my next choise based on the price. For anything under $1000.00 its hard to beat the Graham Slee Era Gold.
Eastern Electric minimax phono vs. Hagerman Cornet
These are the two phono preamps I'm looking at to replace my bottlehead seduction. I am aware of the basic differences between the two. Function-wise ( hagerman is mm only minimax is mm/mc) etc. But I am hoping to hear from someone who has actually heard both units. FWIW I'm using denon dl103 /variants with cinemag sut's.