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Herron VTPH-2 Phono Preamp

I have a few questions for those of you who own/or have owned the Herron VTPH-2 Phono Preamp.

1) If you have sold it.....what was it that seemed to be lacking that made you decide to sell it? What did you move on to?

2) If you still have it, what are its most enduring traits that you love about it?

3) Has anyone compared it to any of the Klyne phono stages and what were your impressions of the comparison?

Thanks much!
no_regrets
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dodgealum
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Noregrets, the two things to keep in mind are cartridge output and speaker sensitivity--let both of these drive your decision on the gain for your phonostage.
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czbbcl
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Doggealum do you still have the modwright amp? I am looking at either Keith's equipment or Pass and possibly conrad johnson if I decide to go with a tubed amp; although my wife hates tubes.

Chuck
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Chuck;

Using the Modwright KWA150SE with my Herron stuff upstream. The Modwright is easily the best sounding amp I have owned--very refined and musical to my ears. This is the amp that Lou recommends with my Daedalus speakers and I am glad he turned me on to it. I will say, however, that the Herron monos do tempt given the sound quality of the VTSP-3ARO2 and VTPH-2. I am hoping to get a listen someday and ideally compare them with my Modwright. For now though I am happy with my setup and expect the Modwright will stay in the lineup for the forseeable future.
wstam
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When I ordered my VTPH-2 from Keith early last year, he in fact sent me 4 x 12ax7's and 3 x 13at7's. So it's up to me to try out which works best in my system.

He did ask me the input impedance of my amp. He will recommend based on the value.
stereosforgeeks
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Hi everyone,
Is anyone using the VTPH2 to drive a headphone amp? If so what one? I am looking to add a headphone amp and LCD-3 to my system.
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