Phono preamp

The Manley Steelhead I heard was very good. If the Tron 7 is better it must be special, but I have not heard it. Manley was bested head to head by Doshi Alaap which can be had as a full-featured pre-amp or as a stand alone phono stage with lots of custom configuration options.

Sorry to hear about your experience with MSS. I have to agree with avoiding MSS HiFi, the guy who so calls himself "the king of audio" but has terrible customer service, in fact down right rude. They tried to sell me something that was mis-described and would not own up to it, instead he said shut up and give me the money. I wish I never dealt with them.
I would never buy from them or recommend them.

Sorry to digress above but back to your question have you looked into E.A.R preamps? (ear-usa.com), I was very impressed with it's sound when paired with a Clear Audio table.

MSS is just too rude to deal with. Johnny forgets that we have the money and he does not. In fact by removing serial numbers he is doing more than being rude.