PS Audio BHK Pre Amp and Herron VTPH-2A Phono Pre Users

@tomic601  Thanks for the suggestion.  Under other circumstances, I'd give it due consideration.  I'm in the midst of home remodeling, which includes removing a wall to expand the depth of my listening room and moving my stereo equipment from between my speakers to a rear side wall.  Thus the need for longer interconnects.

I love the Herron pre amp, phono stage combination when it comes to vinyl.  The BHK, DirectStream Sr. DAC combination using XLR sounds much better than the Herron, DirectStream combination using RCA.  That's another reason why I'm planning the move to XLR connectors. 

I'd love to get the Herron phono pre working with the BHK if possible.  If not, I've got some decisions to make regarding the Herron gear.  

I understand, give Keith a call. He may have something up his sleeve including some loading changes

I’ll do that.  Thanks for you help.

I had a long talk with Keith. He suggested I run the 3A into a BHK RCA input (I thought of that, but I didn’t want to deal with two remotes).  He also suggested, if I was OK with the sound, to then run the 3A into the BHK HT input, so I wouldn’t have to deal with two remotes. That never occurred to me because I don’t use HT bypass.  

I tried the RCA input with the Herron volume set to 80, and while the sound was a bit better, it’s nowhere near the Herron/Herron sound. I’m going to try different loading options to see what happens and report back.

:-)