Upgrading phono stage

Thank you @mulveling I have been waiting for someone I trust to review a Trumpet MC for a while now. I would like to try a tube phono stage at some point just for fun but can not justify shelling out big money on a Herron or Zesto just to match it with my Stanton 981 HZS MM cart.

I would like to know if a linear power supply would upgrade performance of a Trumpet MC and I am not sure if MM signal goes thru j fet or straight to first tube stage?


@cpdkee I was using a Ray Samuels Nighthawk and Dynavector with good results but a switch to Stanton 981 HZS was not a good fit gain wise.
I have been using a Audiokultura Iskra 1 (made with copper Milfex caps as extra option at purchase) for about a year now, I think it is keeper.

I had a perfect match with Nighthawk/Dynavector combination combined with input impedance of pre-amp putting volume knob in the sweet spot.
Not so much with Nighthawk/Stanton combination, the output impedance and internal voltage of Nighthawk and Iskra 1 are much different, at 40db the lowest gain setting for Nighthawk is much louder than Iskra 1 at 45db.
I believe the sound engineering term for Nighthawk/Stanton/pre impedance combination would be "to hot".