Allnic 1201 and Herron VTPH-2

Thanks Al. I've been reading everything there is on the forum about the Herron, which is quite a damn lot. Lol... And for all the praise, your thoughts on low end roll off was the last thing I wanted to hear, as a full fledged bass junkie. I have an email out to CJ right now to inquire about the input impedance of their preamps, since they don't list online. But I then found in another more recent thread that it doesn't seem to be the case, so that's quite a relief, and just about enough to seal the deal. I wonder if there has ever been such consensus around a hifi product.

I've had the allnic 1201, allnic h3000, and herron vtph-2.  In my system, I easily preferred the herron over the allnic 1201, but the allnic h3000 was my favorite.  In my opinion, the herron is more comparable to the allnic h3000 than the 1201.

^That's great to hear. I'm sold.

Hi all. I rarely post here, but I should clarify the frequency response curve on the VTPH-2A with regard to bass response and output loading.
From the VTPH-2A page on our website: http://www.herronaudio.com/vtph2specs.html
"Frequency response: RIAA 20 Hz to 20 kHz ±0.1 dB at 10k Ohm output load impedance and higher.

Distortion: Less than 0.03% at 2.45 volts output at 1kHz at 20k Ohm and higher output load impedance (tube selection dependent)
Note: Lowest distortion and best performance occurs with output loading at or above 20k Ohms - this gives the most dynamic sound"

The VTPH-2A has enough output capacitance that bass roll off is not an issue with output loading even with a 10k Ohm load.
We like very deep bass here!
The rumor of bass roll off got started years ago with a review where some miss-information about the VTPH-1 possible bass roll off with load was speculated but not measured in the measurements section of that review.

Keith Herron