You want to spend $1000 or less and want a phono section. Were I you, I'd drop $920 on the SP14 kit from tubes4hifi.com. It's not that hard to build it yourself. This is a line stage preamp which will stand up against preamps costing much, much more, as well as the classics like the McIntosh C22 or Marantz 7.
http://tubes4hifi.com/SP14.htm
Pick up a cheap phono preamp and save your nickels until you can afford the phono preamp you really want. Build the SP14 and not only will you have a true hi-end preamp that can't be beat, you'll enjoy the enormous satisfaction that comes only with building it yourself.
http://tubes4hifi.com/SP14.htm
Pick up a cheap phono preamp and save your nickels until you can afford the phono preamp you really want. Build the SP14 and not only will you have a true hi-end preamp that can't be beat, you'll enjoy the enormous satisfaction that comes only with building it yourself.