Cartridge, phono pre, and preamplifier combinations can be tricky. What sounds good in one combination may not sound good in another.

I find that phono stages and cartridges are often filled with more subjective opinion than anything else. Likely because few have the advantage of A/B testing specific combinations.

I'm not familiar with the Goldring.

The largest selection of Phono Pres I've discovered is the Needledoctor.com

He has Phono pres ranging from $50 on up to some of the most expensive ones I've seen. His Beltech926 cost ~$70 and sounded very similar to an NAD PP-1 I once used.