Is there any reason not to have tube phono stage ?

I’m using the Audia Flight phono stage. I love it! Bought it as a demo unit. I’m a fan of great deals. Used the EAR 834p and K&K Audio Trio for years. The AF is a big upgrade from those tubed pieces.

Full disclosure, the Herron 360 Ref is my line stage. I really think the Herron is more sonically neutral than the Audia Flight, which is slightly warm....has a lot of functionality.

I have had tubed preamps for decades... I have tried solid state preamps and never been swayed. There is just missing musical essence from them. I have never had a noisy preamp or phonostage (they are basically the same thing just operating with different voltages.  

That said, there are certainly excellent ss phono stages, but if you get to that level the question will remain - why not tube phono stage. And signal tubes last for thousands of hours, especially vintage from 1950s. Phono stage is really critical element.

Lewm brought up a good point about gain.  There are far fewer tube phono stages with high gain.  So, for me it is situational.

Bill

Well there is no one size fits all is there?  The simple answer to the OP is no there is no reason not to have a tube phono stage.  Conversely there is no reason not to also have a solid state phono stage.  I recommend at least one of each for the well heeled record collector.