I've settled on ARC phono stage built into my sp16 pre-amp.
It's pretty solid top to bottom. Also reasonably quiet for a tube phono device, as long as you use a very low noise tube in tube slot 1 of 3 in the phono section. Anything less than a top performing tube there can result in significant noise levels. I listen mostly to digital, so I have very low tolerance for any background noise that I can hear, even with ears close up to tweets when nothing playing.
It's pretty solid top to bottom. Also reasonably quiet for a tube phono device, as long as you use a very low noise tube in tube slot 1 of 3 in the phono section. Anything less than a top performing tube there can result in significant noise levels. I listen mostly to digital, so I have very low tolerance for any background noise that I can hear, even with ears close up to tweets when nothing playing.