If I'm ever going to buy another phono stage, it will likely be something from Tom Evans....he is the guru,....but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend any of NJC audio's products, I have the headphones amp and dac, I nearly bought their phono stage, but at the time everything was up in the air due to the pandemic, njc build to order, so this really impacted their cottage ( type) industry. I'll never sell my njc kit....it was built for me and my name is on the instruction booklet....that's the type of personal service you get from the guy's there at a competitive price, oh and yes it sounds very good and reliable.
The project tubebox ds2 that I currently use is also very good and is contributing to the best vinyl playback that I have had in my system to date.