Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar?

The infinite loading surprised me.

For the Herron, I had 220 and 470ohm plugs made for my cartridge as this is what the Gold Note offered and sounded good when using. I initially tried the plugs with the Herron and it sounded excellent. When I removed the plugs and went infinite load, it elevated the subtleties and clarity.

47k Ohm loading on Gold Note for MC cartridges is almost "infinity", did you try that ? 

I have another phono stage with plug-in load resisteors (the JLTi) and i like 47k Ohm for some MC cartridges. My JLTi was customized by manufacturer, i have 500k Ohm resistor inside, so i can plug 47k Ohm resistor (rca plugs) from the outside just like in Herron.  

I have no problem with clarity using Gold Note, it is crystal clear phono stage, but i feel the obvious lack of deep bass in Gold Note compared to my upgraded WLM Phono stage which is a kind of body and bass compared to all phono stages i have tried. I tried the Gold Note with headamp and with sut, but the low register is still not as good as my WLM Phonata to my surprise.   

Maybe Lew is right and i have to look at the  output coupling capacitor inside the Gold Note. 

Why is this discussion of 9-18-2018 showing up now?

There are MANY threads from years gone by that are still very applicable today and get resurrected for good reason.

I was interested in the Herron, rather than start a new thread, I did a search, saw this one and brought it back into the fray.

It is not uncommon.

Chakster.

Be interesting to see what you find on that output coupling cap if you go that route.

Still on the fence on the Herron.