I don't agree that there is a lack of discussion about VAC in the on-line forums - there are not as many threads as there are for brands such as Audio Research, but there seems to be a relatively steady flow. And the threads seem to be overwhelmingly positive, very much along the lines of Lrsky's thread here.
An aside about Elizabeth's experience with the Standard preamp: a friend and I test-drove that preamp at some length in his system about then years ago - we both found it to be nothing special and he didn't buy it. Afterwards, however, we both had occasion to sample the Renaissance amps and preamps - that stuff, in contrast, was REALLY good.
An aside about Elizabeth's experience with the Standard preamp: a friend and I test-drove that preamp at some length in his system about then years ago - we both found it to be nothing special and he didn't buy it. Afterwards, however, we both had occasion to sample the Renaissance amps and preamps - that stuff, in contrast, was REALLY good.