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  1. Ron Resnick

    Ron’s New System

    It begins . . . I am eternally grateful to Jason Lord, proprietor of The Source AV, in Torrance, California, for his nearly infinite patience and grace in storing the four giant Pendragon crates inside his office for the last 5 1/2 years. Thanks very much to Wayne Strickland and William...
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  2. Ron Resnick

    Aesthetix Io Output Connection Poll

    Which output (RCA or XLR) do you use on your Io to connect to a line stage preamplifier? What sonic differences do you hear between using the RCA output and the XLR output of the Io?
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    Aesthetix Atlas Eclipse Review by Don Saltzman of The Absolute Sound

    Don Saltzman's very favorable review of Jim White's Aesthetix Atlas Eclipse hybrid amplifier: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/aesthetix-atlas-eclipse-power-amplifier/ https://apple.news/AS2uUJIzcNmmTfKMd4uFE_g This is my personal favorite amplifier for driving MBL 101E Mk. II...
  4. Ron Resnick

    Hybrid Amplifiers

    KeithR's amplifier search has reinvigorated interest in the Bascom King-designed PS Audio BHK Signature 300 hybrid tube/MOSFET monaural amplifier. Using a 6SN7 input tube (rather than the 6922 in the BHK) the Aesthetix Atlas appears to utilize a similar design and achieve a very similar power...
  5. Ron Resnick

    Purist Audio Umbilical Cables for Aesthetix Io

    The Aesthetix Io phono stage connects to one or two power supplies via multi-conductor umbilical cables. Purist Audio, at least for a time, offered aftermarket umbilical cables for this dedicated purpose. Has anyone used these Purest Audio umbilical cables for the Io? If so, what differences...
  6. Ron Resnick

    Munich High-End 2018 Ron Report: Aesthetix

    Jim White, the Founder of Aesthetix, and one of the very nicest and most genuine and honest people in all of high-end audio, was proudly showcasing several new and interesting products. Aesthetix Pallene The Aesthetix Pallene preamplifier is an all-new preamp with DAC, phono and headphone...
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    Munich High-End 2018 Ron Report: Introduction

    When I attended Munich High-End in 2016 I thought it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The show was everything everyone promised it would be: dozens and dozens of companies’ products which you never see in the USA, and almost everybody in the entire industry attends. Unexpectedly, I...
  8. Ron Resnick

    Return to Aesthetix: Second Visit With Jim White

    I visited Aesthetix today, following up on my visit there in July of 2015, and I once again had lunch with Jim White. I never fail to be astonished at how down-to-earth and humble and normal is Jim White, despite being a titan in the industry, first achieving success as a solid-state designer...
  9. Ron Resnick

    Aesthetix Io versus Io + Callisto

    Please reply if you have direct experience comparing the Aesthetix Io with volume controls to an Io + Callisto combination. If one has only one phono source and does not need the multiple inputs of the Callisto, is there any sonic advantage in running the Io into the Callisto so that some of...
  10. Ron Resnick

    Lampizator Versus Aesthetix Pandora?

    Has anyone compared directly a Lampizator DAC to the Aesthetix Pandora Signature DAC?
  11. Ron Resnick

    Introduction and Listening Biases

    INTRODUCTION To better understand my reviews and the context in which I make my comments I want to explain my high-end audio philosophy, my listening biases and my music preferences. By so doing I hope that my reviews and my descriptions of what I hear will be more valuable to you. By...
  12. Ron Resnick

    Ron's Speaker, Turntable, Power and Room Treatment Upgrades

    I have enjoyed our hobby for 27 years. This is how the front of my listening room looked until 2014: Due to a flood in this listening room in 2014, and to some ongoing repairs to my house, my stereo has been disassembled and has been stored under protective tarps for almost two years...

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