sorry my question was so polarizing............I wasn't thinking price. I always buy used.... I am very happy with what I have.....running a clearaudio balanced reference direct to my amps. (solid state) But I always had a yen to try a bat phono (tubes) with a balanced volume control only. BAT has big balanced power supplies so I think it would be great. I also am convinced that a balanced input is an improvement and they are rare. Also it is a balanced phono that doesn't cost a mortgage to re-tube and they last a long time. Victor runs a very conservative shop and I was curious about the change to transformers since they are now used throughout his line of pre-amps. Just seemed weird that no one has spoken up one since the vk p10 seems well loved......
