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Herron VTPH-2

So I recently performed some tweaks on my analog system such as cartridge alignment, VTA, and adding some Rega white belts to my Rega P7 TT and all of these made slight improvements. However what really made me hear the difference was my Herron VTPH-2 phono stage, hence why I made the tweaks. It has about one month on it and it has slowly opened up to now where the music is transparently intimate especially with good recordings. What I love about this phono stage is that it allows me to hear the music differently, allowing subtle notes in the background that I have heard before become a little more alive. So I am not hearing new things but hearing them differently for the better as well as the main instrumentation. So high ratings go to Keith and this phono stage especially at the price point.  

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czbbcl
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I had experience using NOS tubes in a tubed amplifier which greatly improved that particular amplifier. So I consulted with Keith and he recommended I try Telefunkens.

Chuck 
bpoletti
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All of my electronics, except my DAC and optical transport, are from Herron Audio.  Even the cables.  I have heard nothing better. 

Keith Herron is a master of customer service and will always give friendly, unbiased advice when asked.

IMO, the VTPH-2 and VTSP-3a are in a class completely by themselves.  Maybe without peers at all.
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infection
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I would like to try a VTPH-2 but no balanced out...So I'll stay with my PS.30RDT.
lewm
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Without a doubt, the TFK ECC83 is one of the truly great tubes of audio. It transformed my vintage Quicksilver preamplifier, too.  I have four of them in my stash since the 1970s. I use one each in the phono and linestages.  (The Q uses one half of each dual triode per channel, for stereo.)  You guys have me just about convinced that I need to try a VTPH2.  The circuit and the construction look like nothing special, but this may be a case where the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts.  (Actually, the Quicksilver full function preamplifier that I am using in my second system also fits that description.)

bpoletti
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Lew - Call Keith Herron and arrange an audition.  Investigate the value of your current phono stage and prepare it for sale.
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