I've noticed that most of us on here haven't spent a great deal on phono stages, regardless of other components, and wondered about reasons for that. For my own part, I tried a few up to £1k and the one I liked best was one of the cheaper ones. I guess it might have been a different matter if I'd been looking up to £2k - anyone got any experiences they can share? Anyone actually downgraded because they didn't find super-pricey stages to be any better than mid-pricers? Or upgraded because there was a massive difference?