Stand out phono stages

ASR Basis Exclusive. I have the blue board version. It's a tad warmer (although less resolving) than the newer gold board version but I think it's right in the sweet spot of my system. I don't think I'll be needing another phono stage ever. Can't imagine what could sound better that was attainable price wise. Now if I could only get an Emitter to match!

See review(s) from Audiogon below site:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?rprea&1330286889&&&/New-Valve-Order-SPA-II-Tube-preamp

Dhcod, I owned three versions of both: the Basis and the
Emitter II. Scheafer the owner/designer is very fond of modifications. Each new mod means new and higher price but not necessarily any improvement. The 2005 Basis was worst then 2003 version. I was not able to notice any difference
between ,say, 2002 Emitter II and 2006 Emitter II. The first 'golden' version (2008-9)of the Basis Exclusive was a disaster for me. I bought this one assuming that both MM
and MC connections were present but Scheafer decided for
some unknown reasons to mod this one with only MC inputs.
So I was 'forced' to buy the 2010 version a year later. I have some relatives by ASR company so I wrote 'forced' with quotation marks. Now if you live in Europe you can buy Emitter II for cheap on ebay.de or Audio-Markt.de. The
problem for those who live outside of Europe is the weight
and consequently the postage cost. With the Basis phono
however one can remove the batteries from the transformer
part and reduce the weight with +/- 12 kgr. This means 2
packets with less than 20 kgr. with reasonable postage cost.

Regards,

How about Van den Hul phono stages?

The Dartzeel phono preamp.