phono pre recommendations for crown jewel cart

i currently have an sfp1 sig. it does not seem to have enough gain (noisy at louder volumes). any suggestions. the budget is not unlimited. output on cart is .5mv. i lean towards tubes; but think ss may be the way to go. pass ono??

thanks jim
assoc equip (if it makes any difference) vpihw19III/fr64fx/jewell elec la100III/merlin vsm-m/rogue120s and other sources