Tube based phono stage

If you can pull it off, I suggest the MP-3 by Atma-Sphere fully loaded with the built in Phono-Stage.  This is will eliminate interconnect cables, give you a much more transparent sound being the phono stage is closest to the volume control it will perform well above what your spending on it.

Digging up this old thread, seems lots of great suggestions here. Interested to hear more about the Chinook and potentially NVO - can any users add more? 

No info on either but I am surprised no one mentioned Zesto.   Incredible sounding equipment 

Check out Abbas Audio, Kitsune KTE LCR-1, and LampizatOr Vinyl Phono VP4. I’ve not heard them. I’ve been doing a lot of reading on units that are leading the way in the $2-6k arena and these are getting a lot of attention.