Curl or Pass

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.

For the price point your using, there are other phono stage designs that you might find a little better.  One might be a Herron VTPH-2A.  Maybe a few dollars more, but not significantly so on the used market, if you can find one.