It might help to know more about what you need, such as remote control, balance control, any other features and function, and price range. It's been a while since I heard your candidates, but, I liked Ayre and I owned, and liked Coda. However, I've heard stories that quality control has suffered just a bit at Ayre after the death of its founder.
Nagra makes some nice linestages that sound quite good and work well with solid state and tube amps. You can even get them with transformer inputs and outputs. I have tube gear with transformer inputs and outputs and I like the sound of a lot of iron in the path.