The best phono stage out there?


I have recently purchased a basis turntable and was wondering what analog lovers think is the very best phono stage they have heard . I currently use the Sutherland PhD and like it very much but have not really had an opportunity to audition other great phono stages. The cartridge I intend to use is the Dynavector XV-1S .
Thanking you for your opinions
ecka

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Ecka. Battery povered phono-stage.
BTW the question as stated is impossible to answer because
of the 'implication': comparition of,say,20+ phono-
stages.
My experience is in some sense 'onesided'. My first battery
phono was ASR 'Basis' with separate power suply and 4x12
Volt batterys in the 'main box'. I was very happy with this
phono for years (10?). But then come the 'Exclusive' with
very positive reviews from Pearson,Fremer and others.
So I bought the 'Exclusiev' 2 years ago. Those are very
havy'machines' and ,it seem to me, a kind of overkill:
400.000 uF (in the pow.sup) + 700.000 uF in the 'main box'.
But there is no question about: the exlusive is in another
leaque. My 'Eclusive' has 2 separat but 'identical' phonos
so I use 2 carts: Jubilee and Phase Tech P-3 G,both with
100 Ohm. There are many models of 'Exlusive',sinds +/-
2000 (in Germany known as 'HD'). They are all in my
opinion very good and very interesting as 'second hand'.
For +/- 2000 Euro one can get one in Germany. Alas the
weight is 35 kgr. and the Voltage is 240.
Cheers
Ecka Battery povered phono-stage.
I forget to mention that those are 'rechargeble' batterys
and that one can change them after 6-7 years self.
I also forget to mention that even Raul can't fulfill
the conditions implied by the implication.I.e. comparition
of 20+ phono-stages. Those are not carts.
Cheers