Good pre/power could be a Naim 32/62 into a 110 or 140, they're very good amps not a bad phono stage, but well outclassed by my Graham Slee 2.
You know though Zoomer I've seen the future and it's valve shaped. Look at some of the Chinese one's coming in. The Ming Da's sold by Edenlake are a good start. Mine's getting better all the time, and looks a million dollars. Get a good phono stage and I reckon it'd cost you a significant sum of money to better it.