As several have pointed out, Steve and his associate Patrick are making fantastic sounding gear as SMc Audio out in California. They are rehabbing and/or rebuilding the former McCormack gear as well as offering new designs.
I have SMc monoblocks finished in 2020 that sound outstanding and you can see them on my system page. @patrickdowns , Steve talked me into the gravity bases on my monoblocks and I am certainly not disappointed. Also, as you pointed out, the VRE-1c preamp is world class. You can come close to that with his VRE-0.5, and another option is an upgraded TLC-1 (that approaches the VRE models). Mine is an upgraded TLC-1 and when I wanted to use it as a unity gain buffer and no longer as a preamp, Steve helped me figure out how to take the volume control out of the signal path by replacing it with two high quality AN Tantalum silver resistors. This is the preamp I ended up with after owning around 20 different preamps ranging from good to excellent. You can see it on my system page as well as on the SMc Audio website home page (it is the black one).
IME, if you have work performed by Steve/SMc Audio, you will be very happy with both the results and the process because the customer service is also world class! They have my highest recommendation.
