VAC owners, sound off

I looked at "we-252"'s auctions. I have seen his auctions before, and have considered bidding on a couple of his items. What I notice about some of his offerings is that the listing looks very exciting and slick, but when you actually study the test scores on the tubes, they don't match up all that well, and often the sections within the tubes are off by a fair amount.

Tubes from Vintage Tube Services will never be like that, nor I believe will tubes from Upscale Audio.

Thanks Andr, don't know if you got my PM but you just answered my questions.

So in a general question, what's the deal with inversing polarity? Why do some manufacturers do it and not others? What's the advantage?
Tholt (Threads | Answers)

It's a simpler/shorter circuit with only one gain stage that is cost effective for the price/perf ratio. My Renaissance does not invert but it costs more as well.

I have owned 2 fine pieces of audio gear by VAC. The Avatar SE and I presently own and use heavily the PA 100/100 amp. I have many high end pieces over the years but none seem to have both the mixture of elegance and sound quality that these pieces exhibit. You cannot do yourself wrong with VAC gear.

Keep listening to the music, Richard.