AUDIO RESEARCH VS VTL

David and Troy... nearly as good, eh?  A ringing endorsement.  We're all looking for "nearly as good".

We sold VTL many years ago. They were a pain to deal with.

‘Vac preamps offer remote thats not fully functional. Disappointing.

VTL cust service is not so good. Dont work well with distributors i hear. Not many carry vtl. Higher end preamp, series III woefully overpriced at $30k.”

I thought this was a thread about amps julia

I had a AR set up for a bit... went to Mcintosh, then over to VTL, will NEVER look back. Clarity, open, spacious, clean. Running Siegfrieds, 7.5mk3, and 6.5mk2 phono.... lights out

I find VTL to be grey tube sound. Newish ARC much better.