If you can find one for a good price - I loved my Marantz SC-11S1. It has a great phono stage (mm and mc), balanced connections, headphone amp and is built like a brick you know what. Very warm sounding but plenty of detail that seems to pair well with a lot of things. Only thing lacking are tone controls.
I ended up switching it out and getting the integrated amp version, the marantz pm15s1, but I honestly think it sounds better in preamp mode with my old b&k st202 as an amp. The pm15s1 does have tone controls and I actually like using them. It still sounds great as an integrated amp - but just a little quicker and more detailed as a separate. Also, I got this for cheaper than I sold the SC-11S1, and it seems to fly under the radar a little.
Just something else to think of - good luck on the search