I can Highly suggest looking at the NEW Jolida JD9A,,, Currently it is taking the new spot in affordable yet super feature packed phono stages
Uses just a pair of 12AX7 tubes, has high and low outputs, also sports up to 95 db of gain, yes you read that correctly, it will run any cartridge or any system, also has both resistive and capacitance loading
Built extremely well and does have about 10 professional reviews out on it from like soundstage, 6moons, absolute sound I think, and several others..
All praise its ability and with some NOS tubes it will probably go up against some of the best stand alones. check it out and right now you can find them as low as 375 brand new with warranty and return policy vs. trying something used and not finding what you want. The other nice thing from the looks of this unit is its very compact build with the tubes layed down and protected etc Its only about 2" high and will fit under or on many shelfs without taking up an entire area on you.
Its pretty new so this is why the hype has probably not reached every thread yet, but if it does half of what most seem to claim so far thats the real giant killer on your hands.
All praise its ability and with some NOS tubes it will probably go up against some of the best stand alones. check it out and right now you can find them as low as 375 brand new with warranty and return policy vs. trying something used and not finding what you want. The other nice thing from the looks of this unit is its very compact build with the tubes layed down and protected etc Its only about 2" high and will fit under or on many shelfs without taking up an entire area on you.
Its pretty new so this is why the hype has probably not reached every thread yet, but if it does half of what most seem to claim so far thats the real giant killer on your hands.