Why tube?
High voltage rails == high dynamic range with lowered distortion, compared to low voltage solid state.
Yah gotta hear it and be looking for it, but it is there, in most tube based phono stages. Less coloration and distortion under very broad dynamics of loading.
Octal tubes can do even better here.
For the perfectionist seeking tonally correct un-shifted life-like dynamics.... there is but one phono and it’s name is tubes.
Mostly true. The odd solid state phono preamp uses high(er) voltage rails.
But that is just part of it, as is per usual. No perfect answer, just a noticeable direction.
