Dear @chilli42 : as @wolfie62 posted:
" Nothing wrong with the PS Audio Stellar phono pre. "
I think that after so many posts only the one for him really makes sense.
Almost all the other gentlemans rthat gave you their advises are in realuity tube lovers and even that they think they are in reality rthey are not true MUSIC lovers but hardware lovers and along that I think that almost all of them not even listen once in their life your really good PS phono stage that's way superior to any of those tube units they " die for ".
No matters what you need to stay away of tubes if you want to be nearer and truer to the recording, your Stellar is a very good system step/link about. You can try to follow in that direction, you can't go wrong. Audio/MUSIC knowledge levels is way more important that those tube electronics that always but today are all way wrong.
I'm not against any of those tube gentlemans owners and I respect all of them, mine is only an opinion just like their opinions.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.