Dan, go tubes.
Even the best SS phono may give you sharper transients, crisper dynamic contrast but will have a hard time matching the harmonic bloom and three dimensionality of a tubed phono. Tubes and vinyl just sound so right!
Just get the Manley Steelhead phono stage/preamp and be done with it.
Mikey Fremer has been using it for years.
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