Amplifier advise, 500 quid with a phono stage, thoughts?

[BigH]

if you are looking at a19, you must hear the brio-r also. i thought it was far better sounding (like if i were to give the brio-r 10 out of 10, the a19 would get 4).

I did not rate the Rega for various reasons, The Arcam A19 was OK but too refined for me, the Creek 50A was the best out of the 50W amps I heard.