best phono stage under 10k

@saxsaudio1.  Add my vote for the Herron.  Love my VTPH-2A.  You might also consider some of Grover Huffman’s interconnects.  They are extremely well shielded.

thank you very much for all your answers and suggestions,
someone has heard the shuterland mcx?

I thoroughly enjoyed the McIntosh MP1100 while I had it.

It is a fully balanced phono stage, so you can build a truly fully balanced system around it. You could potentially go so far as to have your tonearm to have balanced XLR outputs and really get the most out of it, and have a super nice and low noise floor.

I have said it before and I'll say it once again.  I have done a lot of research with guys who actually owned or used many phono stages including the Whest Audio phono stages.  They all said nothing came close to the Whest in performance.  Then I spent a lot of time reading the customer reviews on the Whest site (hundreds of them); if you read these from guys using all types of phono stages, they all explain how much better the Whest units are against a wide range of competitive units.
From there I studied the internal boards of the Whest and the construction used along with components and I concluded that the Whest was the best option available.  I have owned two now and I can say that they are spectacular, especially against some of the 'standard' recommendations spoken of in many of the threads.

I'd skip over most of the ones spoken of and go straight to Whest Audio in London, you will not look back at that decision.