Tube Phono Stage vs Solid State What do you think?

A used Pass XONO is a great value.

Both sound cool to me.

I've heard both sound very good. The biggest difference I hear is that tube units might have more hiss, while transistor units tend to play more surface noise. This has nothing to do with the bandwidth of either BTW. Beyond that a transistor unit often sounds brighter as well, although with the best, this is well-tamed.

I also had a Modwright phono stage, and I had sellers remorse when I let it go. I never had the chance to compare it one and one to a solid-state unit. But so far the Modwright is the best one I heard in my system that deliver the sound stage that I really like. A friend lent me his ASR Basis Exclusive 2010, which I am listening to now as I write this posting; but I just can't get it. It has good top and bottom but It does not have the sound stage the I like. It sound thin to me. I tried many records old and new. I don't know it it's the price that's affecting me.

I try to hit a happy medium by having a tube phono stage (Fosgate Signature) running into a tube preamp (Joule Electra LA-150 Mk 2) and out to a solid state amp (Belles 350A). Have tried in that fashion to get the soundstage depth and width plus real body to instruments while having good dynamics and bass--have mostly succeeded.