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Tube rolling Herron VTSP1A preamp?

Hi guys,
Well I love my Herron, it's proven a more than worthy replacement for my Supratek Syrah. Now I'm aware that Herron recommends strongly against deviating from the stock, factory provided tubes. However I also know there are plenty of you degenerate tube rollers out there, has anyone tried this and with what results? I recently put a pair of Siemens EC88's into my cd player with excellent results, but the price of a quad of Siemens is proving to be cost prohibitive, I just bought a new condo, and difficult to find. So my question is this, up to about $150/quad, is there a worthy 6922 out there that will outperform the stock Sovteks? Or should I wait until I can blow $400 or so on a quad of Siemens CCa? Or should I heed the manufacturer and stay stock. Rest of gear is Tube Tech cd, Rega P3, Camelot phono, KR Audio Antares V300 amp, Alon Lotus speakers. Thanks!
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rackon
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The only people I heard of who rolled their tubes put the stock tubes back in pronto.

This is situation where I'd take the manufacturer at his word (and I normally hate stock 6922 Sovteks). Keith does voodoo with these things. It ain't worth the money to experiment. I know it sounds counter-intuitive to call a tubed preamp "plug 'n play", but that pretty well sums it up. The preamp isn't picky about cords either.

Leave 'em alone and enjoy this great preamp.

BTW, I have Alons too (Vs) and find the Herron gear synergistic with my speakers - I use Keith's amps as well.
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