Stand-alone phono amps?


I'm (still) trying to set up a vinyl only system for my second rig and was wondering if there are any stand-alone phono amps like the Counterpoint SA-9. It seems like they would be more bang for the buck since they wouldn't use a line stage as in an integrated.

What's out there?
kublakhan

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Thanks for the answers so far but to clarify, I was wondering if there are phono preamps with volume control (like the counterpoint SA-9) that don't need a separate amp. A typical integrated with a phono stage and line stage would be an example but I'm wondering if there are such units w/o a line stage. The counterpoint SA-9 is a phono "preamp" that doesn't need an amp in an all vinyl setup.

Checking the altavista site the SA-9 is referred to as a "phono-only phono amplifier"
The art audio and Jadis look nice.

Hiradi, can you describe the sound of the jadis for me?

Thanks
So for the atma-sphere doesn't need an amp in an all vinyl system? is that recommended?
Thanks Albert, that clears things up. I guess many of these phono amps that appear to not need an amp actually don't need a preamp.

The only phono stages i've found that don't need an amp are those in integrateds which were mostly popular pre '80's.