My experience with Galen Carol Audio

In response to Marktomaras......
Thanks for your comments about my friend Galen Carroll. I started buying from him years ago, because San Antonio is my home town. After the first sale, I realized that Galen is a stand up guy and Ive been his customer ever since. My modest system is almost all sourced from him.
He's also steered me away from certain gear that I wanted, and he wanted to sell...cause it  just wasn't right for my system and/or listening room. have nothing but accolades for this guy.
Rose of SA

What was that a long advertisement   Or commercial 

 Nope. It was just a well-deserved testimonial.  I have no affiliation with the dealer, nor did he  ask me to post anything.   This was a shout out to someone who deserved it, and a heads up to those on this forum looking for a good dealer.

Galen is one of my favorite dealers too. I purchased a VPI Classic, Simaudio Moon phono stage, a VPI 9T tonearm, Benz Glider, and an Aurender N100H from him. He once talked me out of a $5000 preamp purchase from him on the basis that he did not think the preamp in question would be a significant upgrade over the preamp I already had. 
But at the time, my town lacked a b&m shop that sold VPI. Now I have one and when it comes to turntables, I have learned that there is no substitute for having a local pro ready to help when you need it. Any money you save up front will likely be lost later if you buy mail-order. But if a product is not available locally, there is no one better than Galen. 

+1 for great seller of Galen Audio from owner of audible illusion L3A and now L3B ... blackgate version of course.   

Both units at 240v for Singapore took 1 month to build and arrived at my home against all the concern on long leadtime of Audible Illusion.

Will continue to seek his help for my future hifi purchases.

Cheers.

Richard