There's a lot of incredible preamps for $10k.
- XLR connections doesn't mean fully differential balanced circuitry
- There are excellent solid state preamps and furthermore there are exception preamps "plus" that include phono stage, DAC or DAC/Streamer
I have Moon by Simaudio 390 and I think it's excellent. I previously had a McIntosh C2600 which is a tube preamp and if money wasn't a consideration I'd probably went for a ARC preamp.
Listen to as many options as you can - there's certainly a number of strong options. Enjoy the journey.