Lehman Black Cube or Grado PH-1 Preamp

Niether if you are going to buy one of the little box phono stages get the Redgum (the Australian Amp people). Quest For Sound has them, he's an A'gon dealer. Mine is always amazing people, it's versatile, really very good and fairly cheap less than the Cube.

I think that the Lehman is the far better of the two, particularly if you get the PWX upgraded power supply.

If you want something a little less expensive, I would recommend a Rega Fono, which is available in MM or MC versions, or a Goldring PA-100, which is only available as an MM.

Almost any 70's era integrated will supply you with a far superior phonostage, if there's no drift in caps. Grado uses a few special tricks, and I hear many more good things about it than Lehman, although I know 6 moons liked it. And as recent victim of Grado cartridge hum, I dunno. Of course I upgraded my phonostage as well.

Check out the Dynavector P-75 also

Thanks for the responses. I will check out the ones mentioned.