The Galleon evolution has been a fun trip to watch and Thomas has been pretty up front about it. He had the idea to monetize his youtube following and voice an offshore built amp to fit his idea of a better sound. He even had followers comment on the faceplate markings as he developed it. One of the interesting parts of his learning curve was the realization that to get where he is today required lots of capacitor trial and error that changing one set could undue the positive effects of the changes he just made. I'm sure that Thomas has a huge amount of time and had to commit to quite a few units to bring the Galleon to market. He originally proposed the amp under $3000 but it's now approaching double that.
I haven't heard the amp and it isn't really something that would I would use in my current system but I'm sure it's fine and cost competitive with other amps out there. My only issue is that knowing Thomas has a financial interest in a product, how does this affect his reviews?