FWIW, I'm not ready to swear off IRD yet. I had a 7 speed 13-32 that I used for a while, the only reason it is gone now is I sold a wheelset & the buyer needed a widish range freewheel. And lemons do turn up occasionally, so it more or less hinges on how Harris Cyclery/IRD responds.

The issue of VO making freewheels came up a few days ago on the VO blog comments. Chris K. responded:

"The reason that we're not doing multi-speed freewheels is that none of the factories we work with have experience with high-end freewheels. I like to choose a factory that has made a similar product in the past. For example, our headsets are made in a factory that makes headsets for several companies, so there is a lot of institutional experience there."

That's a shame because, as much fun as it is to poke fun at VO's Gallic pretensions, they seem to have a pretty good track record working out bugs in the products they commission. Maybe if they heard from some more forum members, they'd reconsider, especially since their upcoming marquee hubset is going to be offered in a freewheel configuration.