Your mission, Floyd droid, should you choose to accept it, is to empty Bretty's pockets.
I've got a Denon DL-103 to go on it, for starters. I've heard it comes very close to the Benz Micro Ace, for SQ, but costs £300 less. I got mine from my dealer mate, with less than 50 hours on it, for £50.
When it comes to phonos, my Exposure VII phono stage really is stunningly good. It's a Farlowe-era Pre-amp, and he really put a lot of emphasis on having a quality phono stage. I'd love you all to hear it: it makes my lowly current TT sound beautiful, I can only imagine what the Gyro is going to sound like through it. Also, I'm using MM cart now, but Farlowe really designed the phono stage to be used with a MC, so I should have a jump in performance when I chuck the Denon on. I've got some good listening ahead of me
I've heard that to better the Phono in my pre, i'd have to spend £1000+. Which is nice.
So, I doubt i'll be upgrading the phono, but I'll defo be open to hearing suggestions on cart upgrades, matey!