www.high-endaudio.com & Arthur Salvatore

I've read his site many times and some of the things he notes make you wonder about the "ethics" of the audio press. I agree with what he says about many of the components on his list (Spicss TC50s, the Well Tempered Turntable and the Linn (overrated and overpriced)) so his reviews generally seem pretty solid. But, as always, let your ears do the listening before you make any serious purchases (or buy stuff used on Audiogon... at least you can sell it back without a major loss).

do anyone knows where he moves? any update information?
thanks

Tim

I have read and re-read his website many times, and, based on his recommendations, purchased many of the LPs and some of the equipment he recommends.
I have found that he has never steered me wrong as far as audio goes. I stopped buying certain record labels, and started purchasing certain other labels, and never have I heard better sound. I also bought a denon cart, and like it. I can't afford many of the other products, but if I could I would likely purchase the recommended components before any other brands. The exception I made recently was a pair of Axiom M80Ti's, which had recommendations from just about everyone. I was not disappointed, fortunately.

Honest and informed - two adjectives I can think of when I think of Arthur Salvatore. There is a major void in Toronto, in audiophile circles, since he returned to U.S. of A.. I trusted his opinions, (almost) exclusively.

I own a pair of his recommended amps- rebuilt/highly modded Altec Lansing 1570BT monoblocks (165 wpc in triode using only a pair of 811's per channel). They are superb from top to bottom of the frequency spectrum. I also owned another pair of his class 'A' modded Golden Tube Audio amps, but had to sell because not enough power for my application- they were incredible though- utmost grainless purity... so yes- in my opinion, many of his recommendations are excellent (including Coincident cabling, which I also use and speak highly of).

In read his site many times and I like his kind of writing.
It is so different to the useless blah, blah in Stereophile or most other magazines.
His combination : dealer + knowledge + honesty is ultra rare in my opinion.
I own or listend to quite a few units he recommends ( cartridges, amps ...) or write about, so I know these really very well and he is right.
Same is for his reports about the press, this one I like very much , too.
What I respect much, he never says that something is the best ever, he only writes about units he or his friends personally know.
And he is not afraid to write about very unpopular facts ( overpriced crap, press ...).
Overall I have the same opinion TWL has, you should see it as a good information source but you can only really understand him, when you made your own thoughts before.

He's a bit over the top, but anybody who's ever so much as thought about buying a component on the basis of a review really ought to read his take on the audio press (as well as Rich Hardesty's at www.audioperfectionist.com).

Been in his store many times. He does have his opinions. But they are much closer to the truth than what you get in the Audio press.
He knows his stuff.
I have seen him with customers who have come in to buy an amp for example. After discussing thier needs and the associated gear they have, he has told them nothing he has on hand will work well.
How many would do this.
To bad he moved back to the USA. The store was a great place to listen music and shop for Viynl.

I have read his entire website more than once, and while I cannot say that I agree with everything he says, I have 2 products which he rates, and I agree with his ratings of those 2 products. MFA Magus and Denon DL103. Both were mentioned as having the best sound for the cost. I totally agree in those 2 cases. No-one is going to agree with everything anyone says anyway. So his site is merely an information source, and should be viewed in that light.