Belles 22A users yet?

Davt,

Thanks for the update on your experience with the VTL. The 21A is an outstanding piece of gear at its price point. I just upgraded my very good 1960's GE BP Triple Micas to 1960's 12AU7 Telefunken smooth plates and what a difference in bass,imaging and overall musicality. Let us know how the Herron works out?

anyone tried bypassing the auricaps in the 21a with something like platinum sonicaps?

How similiar are the sound between the Ear 868 compared to the Herron VTSP 3A?

I was just thinking that in my situation verses adding another pre it would be better to ditch it and move up to the Ayon CD5. Any thoughts?

imho hybrids NEVER sound better than pure tube design...why? Because they are hybrids!!!!solid state and tube gear should be seperated units and you can use the preamp with a solidstate amp and sacrifice height and width and depth of soundstage....tubes rule and so does analog!!!