Upgrade from Jolida JD9 Mk 2 phono stage?

I went from the Jolida to an Avid Pulsus to an Icon Audio ps1 Mkii.  The Avid was in my opinion very detailed and quiet. It was a little on the cool side of neutral. I really missed the midrange of tubes and the ability to handle the clicks and pops a little better. The Mkii is also very quiet it is not as flexible on loading options but I am only running mm at the moment.  The mc is essentially handled by a step up transformer.  I could live with either of them. Just my 2 cents with my limited experience.

I think what J Carr actually said was that the loading makes more a difference to the phono preamp than the cartridge.  Seems like a distinction without a difference.  In any case, I think the Linto is really good and maybe look around for another one.  Linn sold a ton of them and you don't see many up for sale, so the owners must be pretty happy with them.  

@wilson667 It doesn't really matter. I used to be wedded to tubes, but I'm happy with either.

@chayro The Linto is gone. Sigh. I can def. tell a difference with the loading options on the Jolida in terms of fullness, bass, and presence.

There's a Linn Linto up for sale right now for about $800.  I have one and it's really very good.  I have no desire to upgrade it.  It has no adjustable loading, which may or may not be important, but just FYI, J Carr from Lyra just posted that loading was not very important for MC carts.  I'm sure others would disagree, but just tellin' ya is all.  

Are you wanting to stick with tubes or is solid state okay?