Tube based phono stage

I may be putting my Herron VTPH-2A up for sale soon.

My experience with phonostages are that they are really critical to analog playback and given your other equipment it would recommend you to shop used and try and reach up another level. Phonostages get much better at around twice your budget. Audio Research makes outstanding phono stages. I stopped switching around between phono stages when I bought my first ARC then just moved up their line up hierarchy as my overall system gets better. 

I will second the NVO.  I have had the NVO SPA II2 for 6 years and I absolutely love it, I haven't found any thing that beats it.  It replaced my Kondo M7

Check out the Manley Chinook SE MKII. I have been using mine for the past three years with no issues at all. I have not had to replace the tubes and I use it approximately 15 hours a week. Biggest thing I noticed is how dark the background got if that makes any sense. Sounds great with my set up. Hope this helps. 

These are great suggestions; much appreciated.
Has anyone any experience with QuickSilver or the Mod Wright phono stages?