You should get plenty of “tube sound” from your ARC SP 9 as you are running the Output from your Klyne head amp into the ARC SP-9. The Klyne is a great head amp. You can get a dedicated ARC phono preamp, but ARC uses a FET front end (built in head amp) in their phono preamps for MC cartridges. Not real sure you are gaining anything. Maybe you should try a transformer in front of your ARC SP-9 instead of the Klyne head amp. It would give a different sound.
Tube phono amp
I'm looking for a TUBE PHONO AMP in the $2,000.00 price range. I've been told and read that tubes will / should offer more dynamics than solid state, that being said here's the rest of my analog equipment;
CARTRIDGES lyre delos, grado master 2, Dynavector/ karat d3
ARM grado signature,
TURNTABLE sota star sapphire
PHONO AMP klyne sk-2a
SPEAKER apogee calipers
PRE AMP ARC sp-9 mk IIIAMP Mark levison ml 9
any suggestions / recommendations would be greatly appreciated thanks
CARTRIDGES lyre delos, grado master 2, Dynavector/ karat d3
ARM grado signature,
TURNTABLE sota star sapphire
PHONO AMP klyne sk-2a
SPEAKER apogee calipers
PRE AMP ARC sp-9 mk IIIAMP Mark levison ml 9
any suggestions / recommendations would be greatly appreciated thanks