I've used a Rogue Athena with 200iQ monos and enjoyed it about as much as with Renaissance V. Balanced ins & outs, nice tube complement of 6H30. Doesn't sound too tubey or too solid-state. Unfortunately it's discontinued (and their newer preamps were not as good a match with these amps), but when they pop up used, they run low to mid 2000s. The Hera I is even better but unfortunately most of them are Hera II's where Rogue raised the gain to very high, noise & microphony inducing levels.
If your main source is vinyl though, the phono board option of the Ren V is hard to beat without spending much more. I love VAC phono stages.
If your main source is vinyl though, the phono board option of the Ren V is hard to beat without spending much more. I love VAC phono stages.