I would love to revive this thread since I'm currently considering both pre-amps (and have both available to purchase). I personally like the idea that the PL-P has built in Phono preamp that apparently inspired the Nagra VPS, so it can't be bad. But I'd love to hear owner / user impressions of the two pres. I'll be pairing them with the Nagra VPA 845 tube amps as well as the McIntosh MC2600 (solid state) amp.