What separate tube phono stage do you use ?

Normally I would weigh in ++++++ as an owner of a Croft RIAA - RS single chassis wonder... but having two USA techs work on it and having sent it across the pond to Glenn himself ( who btw was and is an absolute PRINCE about diagnosis and repair ( dead FET ), and now have a strange HF noise in L channel.... and swapping in complete set tubes one by one to replace the set I got from
Andy.... has me drinking and pulling out hair.....
having said that my brand spanking new Nova II had a fastener rolling around loose inside....
analog is pain

rsf507, I see, Nicosia is a divided city but a very old city, a lot of history there.
Many apparently great tube phono stages. I would almost certainly be buying used and not very soon. I am in fact trying to figure out what my totally new system should be, so this is not about upgrade in a usual sense.
This phono stage should hopefully last me for at least ten years, and $1k-$2k more or less for it would make no difference to me under the 

By the way, XLR ouput would be a plus because I am going to make recordings to reel to reel tape deck, and the good ones come only with XLR ins/outs.

I used the BAT VK-P10, P-10SE, and P-10SE with bat pack. Balanced XLR in and out, very quiet (think SS quiet). lots of loadng options.
They now have a new line the 12 series. Costly, but worth every penny.
Www.balanced.com

I have the Allnic 7000 and am quite satisfied with it. I doubt that you can do better. A very flexible phono stage. The build quality is superb.