Moving Up from a Jolida JD9

Thanks everyone. You've given me a lot to research and I do appreciate it. I'll get back to all of you after I've read up on what's been mentioned.
Regards,
Sam

I still play my vinyl two or three times a week. I still enjoy the black art of set up and the ritual of playback. Or maybe I’m just nuts. There are no dealers in my area to help with a sell off so I’ll have to take care of that myself.
Does anyone have an opinion on or experience with the Rogue Audio Ares? There’s one for sale in the classifieds within my budget and it uses the same tubes I alread have. Could possibly be what I’m looking for?
Also found an E.A.T. E-Glo Petit for the same price on another site.

You’re welcome. I’m retired and on a fixed income now so I have to spend wisely. I probably won’t get into streaming and just improve on what I have. I have hundreds of lps and hundreds of cds to keep me happy and occupied and don’t have much interest in getting into something new. I've bought most of my gear used here or on other sites to get more bang for the bucks and I've been lucky so far.
I’m not unhappy with the JD9, it sounds very good for what it is. The caps, nos tubes, and discrete op amps helped quite a bit but it still just sounds like its lacking something. Probably I’ve just got that itch that needs scratching. lol

I've never heard the Chinook. Are they as good as folks say they are?

Going on seven years for me. My knees aren't great but my lower back is absolutely junk. 
I've thought about getting set up for streaming and may do it next year if I'm still around. I really need to start thinking about downsizing as I can hear my clock ticking nowadays. It'll be tough to sell lps I've had since the sixties.

Bought a Rogue Audio Ares. Hope it has enough gain for the ART9xa. If it doesn't I've got other carts with 0.5mV output I can use.

Yes it is. That’s one of the other carts I’ve got stashed. Went from the ART9 to the ART9XA and kept the ART9 for a spare.
From what I’ve read about the Ares I can get about 12dB added gain by using four 12AX7s instead of two 12AX7s and two 12AU7s. I have several old stock quads of both so let the rolling begin.
I'm really looking to hearing the Ares. I've been listening to the JD9 for ten years so it should be quite a difference from what I'm used to,

Got it via UPS today. It's a really nice, well made unit. I'll probably hook it up tomorrow after I read the manual, get it set up for my cart, and decide which tubes I'm going to use in it. New toy, oh boy! 😎

Got it installed but I've got a hum that I can't get rid of. Can't figure out where it's coming from. The Jolida was dead quiet. It almost sounds like it's picking up the transformer in the outboard power supply. Everything's grounded properly. There's switches inside the unit that affect grounding but the manual doesn't say much about them. The manual for this unit really doesn't say very much about anything. It doesn't even give you a diagram as to which tubes go where. The tube sockets aren't even marked on the board. It probably will sound pretty good if I can get rid of this ground hum. Anybody got any ideas?