@cey You have persisted with a false narrative. In that context I have maintained decorum. I find that when bluster becomes the response, its because the poster has nothing. 

There is no polling. I've been active on this site since its inception; what you say about 'every post with every experience is false".  There is simply no truth to your position, as you ceded:

as with all real-world norms, there are real world exceptions. 

Were your position true, then the statement above would be false. If you wish to make extraordinary claims, you'll need extraordinary evidence.

Drumroll please: I jumped on an opportunity that came up on USAM, a unit that isn't even in black (it's silver, but all my other components are black) but it seems like an outstanding direction, hopefully the braintrust here agrees. 

VTL TP-6.5 Series II

VTL TP-6.5 Series II

" I jumped on an opportunity that came up on USAM,"

@fastricky 

You know that in the end it's simply "try it and find out" game.

EVERY/ANY brand/model, can be picked apart and won't appease all ears.

That listing price looked reasonable, based on the current list. Hopefully you were able to negotiate and even better price. 

Fremer's take on it left me with the impression it's just another nice sounding tube phonostage-NOT a bad thing!

$20K MSRP-Hmm...? 

How much can really be done with phonostage anyhow?

Wonder just how far off something like this is from a VAC/ARC Statement piece@ 4X the price?

Based on the brand and Fremer's assessment, looks like you picked a winner. 

Enjoy it👍

Get tweaky with $ Euro NOS glass-YOLO!