Einstein "The Turntable's Choice " phonostage

The editor of the German magazine Image HiFi, who is a vinyl head and used the Swiss-made FM Acoustics before, sold the FM Acoustics for the Einstein, which is now his reference. He uses both unbalanced and balanced. His e-mail is dirk.sommer@image-magazine.de, he is usually very helpful.
Another new phono stage which has made a splash as being of reference quality is the Nibiru-stage from Slovenia (http://www.eselab.si), which, according to users over on audioasylum, is even better than the Whest-stage, for less money.

Hassel, thanks for the referral. I'll send Dirk an email.

Sabertouch,
I'm also searching for a phono stage and the einstein
has for awhile piqued my interest but as you've stated there is so little to go on and I probably will not be able to audition it soon.
Have you heard it already?
Did you get a reply from Image HiFi?
Do you know if the balanced version is actually better and worth the extra $$$?