Recommendation for phono stage

I have a well tempered TT as well. Running a Dynavector XX-2 MKII cart into a Gold Note PH-10. Love it. Lots of load options on the fly. No complaints at all.

Inna's remark that Sutherland phono stages tend to have a high output impedance caught my eye because as a rule solid state gear have a low output impedance.  We can define "high output impedance" for SS as anything greater than 1000 ohms.  (For tube gear, 1000 ohms or higher is not so unusual.) With an output Z of 1000 ohms, you can still drive an amplifier with an input impedance of 20K ohms, which is on the lower end as amplifiers go.  John Atkinson tested the Sutherland Duo and published in Stereophile that it has an output Z of 199 ohms "at all audio frequencies".  The Duo is one of Sutherland's best units, so maybe some others of their phono stages have a high output Z, but I don't know which one. Anyway, if the output Z is in similar territory to the Duo, any Sutherland phono stage should be able to drive anything.  Inna and I had a contretemps in his thread on DD vs BD TTs.  I feel bad about maybe being antagonistic in that context, and I apologize if I came off that way. This post is only to correct an issue related to Sutherland, not to bait Inna.

Simmaudio MOON has some awesome phono stages that do not disappoint.

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Thank you guys for so much useful information. One can receive quite an education on these forums so it’s a lot for me to think about. Thanks again

lewm, it's alright, you did sort of accuse me of being biased but I simply wanted to hear about people' different experiences.

Anyway, I was cautious about Sutherland phono stages and I didn't check their specs, that's for potential buyer to do, but I did have problems with Acoustech and eventually had to run it through Nakamichi cassette deck which has very high input impedance. Other than that it is an excellent phono stage, at least for MM cartridge. I got a very good sound with it out of my Nottingham.