Solid State Preamp w/ PHono and with tube sound

any full feature mac pre

Dartzeel

I second the Ayre K1x reccomendation. This preamp is the best piece of gear I have ever purchased. Totally transfromed the sound of my system and I was comming from a CJ Premier 17 tube preamp. I've never heard the phono section, as I use an outboard unit for that, but it supposed to be really good for a built in unit.

there are no solid state preamps that do what tube preamps do as far as tone goes. Ayre is the closest to the tube sound as far as musicality goes that I know of.

Check out the Rowland Concerto. Very compact. Very beautiful. Phono is an onboard option. Remote operates, volume, balance, mute and input selection. Sells on Audiogon around $3K.
I'll leave the sound up to you but Rowland has always been warm and smooth.