Which phonostage is a heavenly match for a XV-1S

Thanks for the responses. I would be grateful if those who recommend the the Einstein could indicate which phonostages they compared it to.
Thanks

Ecka,
THE BEST PHONO-STAGE (never mind heavenly :-) is one that is **INSIDE** a good line-stage.

No extra cables, connector plugs, different power supplies, doubled up gain-stages, etc.

That will make your pickings a lot easier in deed. And there are some you should consider.

If you want to do it RIGHT, I'd say consider going all the way.
Cheers,
Axel

Ecka, I have compared the Einstein phono stage with the Manley Steelhead, the Vendetta Research, and the phono stage that is built into the darTZeel full-function preamp. I also compared the Steelhead with the Lamm LP2 that I had previously owned as my reference phono stage prior to the Steelhead.

My tonearm is RCA wired but, I was wondering if the benefits of the Einstein balanced version would still be evident if I got a very high quality short Rca to Balanced adapter made.
Can the Einstein accept 2 phone inputs as I have a second turntable ?

Kondo M7 Phono + Kondo SF-z, not cheap, but final