Phono preamp evolution


We have seen this for speakers amps even turntables what about phono preamps?
pedrillo
Benjamin record player w/ integral phono stage
Marantz SR 1000 receiver's phono stage
NAD 7140 receiver's phono stage
Acoustat TNP (internal phono stage)
ARC SP11 Mk II (internal phono stage)
Vendetta SCP2-B (should never have sold)
Jadis JP80 MC (internal phono stage)
Lamm LP2 Deluxe (used primarily; also used my Jadis JP200MC phono stage on low gain recordings)
Unnamed prototype phono stage made by a member of our audio society (and yes, it's good enough to my ears for me to have replaced the Lamm!)
1. Denon AVR-3300 (internal)
2. Rotel RQ-970BX
3. Musical Fidelity XLP-S mk II
4. Wright WPP-100c /w Wright Step-Up Transformer
5. Ayre P-5xe

And...I'm done.
Pro-Ject Phono Box (1)
Dynavector P75 (2)
ASR Mini Basis (3)
Klyne 7PX 2.5 (5)
Shindo Aurieges (4)
JE Labs (6)

where (1) denotes worst and (6) denotes best