Doge 8 or YS A2 or Jungson J2?

After reading few good reviews of Doge8, and finding that for $1000 I can have full function preamp in one box I’ve made my decision.
I decided to give a shot and I bought 6months old Doge8 on audiogon. The preamp looks very different from my other components that are “standard black”. Different but very attractive all shiny with polished stainless steel front and ball shaped push buttons. As you mentioned this unit is rather heavy and built very strong what is in ++. Inside I have noticed 8 small tubes on PCB with a lot of long silver color shielded wires and 3 transformers. As you noticed there is 4 X 12AT7 tubes for line stage and 4 X 12AX7 tubes for phono stage. Supplied Chinese tubes were not musical so I’ve tried few different NOS tubes that all were good but a little different here and there. For line I have installed 2 Philips + 2 Siemens tubes that are strong as new and for Phono I have 4 Telefunken tubes.
How it sounds in my system? When I play CD’s or SACD’s on my Sony XA777ES player, sound of line stage I will describe as very pleasant – clean, transparent, musical, involving with very nice 2 D stereo imaging but not much of the depth. Lack of depth is something I need to work on in the near future. I do not have expensive speakers or amplifiers. I have old B&W CDM1 satellites and BAT Vk-60 amp, and perhaps it is too much to ask for excellent imaging and deep stage. I do not have first class turntable but rather standard Technicks 1200 MK (I disagree with pricing of “better” turntables and poor engineering of many of them) and a lot of records. The phono stage sounds also very good on MM with my Grado Platinium and ok but not as good on MC with Denon 103 cartridge. I think that Doge8 preamp is a well build very nice component. I would like to see better designed PCB to eliminate all long cable connections and perhaps tube power supply. MC stage need to be improved and perhaps step up transformers need to replace J-Fet electronics. All together I am a very happy with Doge8 and I will absolutely recommend it.
I will be glad to take any advice for speakers that can improve imaging and depth of presentation.

Follow up to my review above: I am now using the Doge 8 in a system that feeds a Wyred-4-Sound ST-1000 and Magnepan speakers. It's a great preamp.

Ill chime in again, its three months later and Ive used the Doge 8 with some other power amps and compared it to a few more pres. I also finished a complete restore/ upgrade of my Cit 1. I have a hard time telling the Cit from the Doge. If anything the Cit 1 is a tad warmer. Everyone whos come over to listen is impressed with the Doge and agrees its a steal at Pacific Valves price. I tried a few other cartridges and suts and they all sounded great through the phono. A definite giant killer.

I recently purchased the Doge 8 from Pacific Valve. I must agree with all the comments posted here that it's excellent preamp with great value!

I just wanted to chime in as another satisfied Doge 8 owner. I have limited experience with other preamps, but am well pleased with the Doge's sound and functionality. I ordered it with the upgraded tube package so I wouldn't have to think about it for a while, but down the road, I plan to do some tube-rolling and explore the possibilities. As is, with the tubes Pacific Valves includes in their upgrade from the Chinese tubes, I am very happy. I have no experience with the other preamps mentioned in the OP. But, given the fact that the OP was almost three years ago, I'm sure a decision has already been reached. 

I'm actually so impressed with the Doge 8 that I'm considering a Doge 6 to accompany it. Since I primarily use redbook, the lack of support for other formats isn't a real problem. Have any other Doge 8 owners ended up buying a Doge 6? If so, what did you think? 

Also, if anyone has a moment, any recommended tubes not already mentioned for the phono section would be appreciated. I'd be glad to hear what conclusions others have come to through experimentation and experience.