+1 for Sutherland. Ron doesn't get much press in the audio rags but he is very well respected. For your budget I would recommend that you seriously check-out his full featured preamplifier, the N1. I have owned mine for about 7 months. It combines his state of the art phono stage and his well respected line stage. Bullet proof and quite possibly the best sounding preamplifier at any price. Loosing interconnects is always good!
Links: http://sutherlandengineering.com/products/n1/
Owners Manual: http://www.sutherlandengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Sutherland-N1-OwnersManual.pdf
Links: http://sutherlandengineering.com/products/n1/
Owners Manual: http://www.sutherlandengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Sutherland-N1-OwnersManual.pdf