I pretty much had to have a polarity switch; My Gallo speakers are "extremely polarity sensitive," in the words of a Gallo tech. I had been switching speaker cables to change polarity, but finally gave up and bought an Aesthetix Calypso (formerly owned a CJ Prem 17LS2) with polarity switching via the remote, and haven't regretted it. Most speakers won't even reveal polarity changes, but if you have a pair that does, a polarity switch becomes kinda important.