Decware or Eastern Electric Phono Stage?


I'm looking for a relatively affordable phono stage to use in a rig consisting of Theta Gen VIII DAC/Pre, AtmaSphere MA1 amps and Ascendo ZF3 speakers. I have an AR turnable, Souther arm and Clearaudio Maestro cartridge. Digital is my primary source, but I still want descent analog playback for my modest sized record collection. Decware and EE seem to be often mentioned as giant killers, but I haven't heard either. Any thoughts from anyone, especially if you've heard both?
honest1

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Thanks for the responses.
Davt - Did you find anything for high output cartridges that you thought was better, or just that it seemed like a waste to have the transformers and not use them, and that your best results were with the low output cartridges?

I will defintiely look into JLTI, too.