Being beaten to the draw for one for sale here has prodded me to get on with posting this up.
I currently have an Esoteric Re-Equalizer in my tape loop that I switch in for use with early mono and 78s, that re-shapes the equalisation curve (these weren't standarised officially to RIAA till 1956, and actually didn't settle down until well into the 60s).
It works well but it's solid state (op amp based) I've been wondering whether it might benefit from a valve buffer before it comes back into the preamp.
Anyone got something going reasonably cheap?