Waves' InPhase experiences

Hey guys!
I recently started to become more coherent of phase issues and focusing moreso on phase relations of multi-miced instruments I record on a regular basis.  What really brought this on was bringing up a few mixes by guys like CLA and whatnot and seeing that their phase-correlation is almost always 100% +1.  I am always in the + side, but I'm trying to learn how to get my mixes to be THAT in phase!  Seems impossible with so much going on at once!
 
I bought the UAD IBP, but I don't find that it really works much better than the simple phase-reverse button Sonar (thankfully) offers us.
 
I came across the Waves InPhase plugin and see that it has a LOT to offer when it comes to phase-relationships.
 
Does anyone here have experiences they can share with this?  Is it worth the time to learn it?  What do you use it on most-often?

Same here. I know you can obviously slip your clips to be more Phase-aligned, but having a tool that can allow you to adjust phase while listening would be worth a few $. I may grab one (we'll see).

Jimbo21
I wonder if it's any better than the Voxengo phase align plug?

 It costs more, so it must be better! And it must be a WHOLE lot better than the Sonitus Phase or Channel Tools plugins, 'cause those cost nothing at all.

Having total ignorance about Waves I can still say they are excellent at marketing. They are the "Apple" of plugins. 

Actually, it's not a digression. It's relevant to the discussion. Of course you don't want to spend $100 unnecessarily, but Waves is going to do everything they can to convince you otherwise.
 
They are indeed very good at marketing.  The Apple analogy's not wrong, but I'd call them the Monster Cable of plugins: product quality is generally good, but there are plenty of less-expensive but functionally equivalent alternatives.
 
And although Waves has done away with the iLok requirement, they still employ an obtuse and fragile copy-protection scheme that's prone to failure. 
 
None of this negates your initial concern about the importance of phase alignment. Any time two or more microphones are picking up the same instrument, taking phase into account is essential to capturing a full sound. But there's more than one way to accomplish that.
 
Think about it: how did Andy Johns pull off some of the greatest rock 'n roll drum recordings of all time - without digital signal processing?

I'm not willing to get into the modern vs classic recording debate.
There are new tools, and I'm curious about one of them.  I just want to know if anyone here has any experiences with it they'd like to share.  If you don't like Waves or Monster, start a thread!  :)

bitflipper
Actually, it's not a digression. It's relevant to the discussion. Of course you don't want to spend $100 unnecessarily, but Waves is going to do everything they can to convince you otherwise.
 
They are indeed very good at marketing.  The Apple analogy's not wrong, but I'd call them the Monster Cable of plugins: product quality is generally good, but there are plenty of less-expensive but functionally equivalent alternatives.
 
And although Waves has done away with the iLok requirement, they still employ an obtuse and fragile copy-protection scheme that's prone to failure. 
 
None of this negates your initial concern about the importance of phase alignment. Any time two or more microphones are picking up the same instrument, taking phase into account is essential to capturing a full sound. But there's more than one way to accomplish that.
 
Think about it: how did Andy Johns pull off some of the greatest rock 'n roll drum recordings of all time - without digital signal processing?

I use waves a lot, I have no problems with their license protection "scheme", in fact you can store your license on your computer, use iLok, or any usb dongle.  I find most of their plugs to do an outstanding job, maybe that's the reason they are used on so many Hit Records......