Curl or Pass

@clifffff   So true. I hate when someone chimes in with a product completely unrelated to the OP's original question. Yes, sometimes there's a serendipitous discovery (e.g. I never would have fallen in love with my Spatials had someone not recommended them as a Product Z suggestion), but still - just stay in your lane.

Anyhow, there are several wonderful options alongside the Parasound and Pass. As to the latter two, you can't go wrong with either. It all depends on how much flexibility you want. Yet I went from a highly-rated, well-reviewed, uber-flexible phono pre to a "here's what you get" phono pre and the difference with the latter was phenomenal no matter what cartridge and combo I threw at it.

Lol neither! 

The title is somewhat odd as Nelson Pass doesn’t design phono preamps

The title is somewhat odd as Nelson Pass doesn’t design phono preamps

The comment is somewhat odd as the company he founded that is named after him sells phono preamps.