Tube or solid state phono stage?

As others have said, Audio Research for system synergy.

your concern isnt relevant to high quality tube phono stages. you can get the transparency and the natural sound. 

Thank you everyone for the recommendations. I’ll probably end up getting the AR Ref 3SE to match my system but will try to demo a few others. I’m intrigued by the balanced inputs of the BAT. Does anyone know if that adds anything to the sound quality from a turntable input?

I’ve the black ice audio F159 which is a hybrid SS / tube preamp, totally transformed my phono side of my system.   I run ML electrostatics and the dynamics are definitely there but also wonderful midrange and bass.  I had a rather average cartridge that sounded unimpressive with the built in phono preamp in my preamp and it became impressive immediately. 
upgraded to the Hana ML MC and damn….

I have an all tube system. Two PrimaLuna EVO 400 power amps plus EVO 400 preamp. I first had the EAT E Glo S and now the ModWright PH 9.0 XT. The ModWright is an excellent phono stage. I highly recommend a tube phono stage. The PrimaLuna EVO 100 phono stage also very good. The gain is marginal so careful with the cartridge selection.