www.high-endaudio.com & Arthur Salvatore

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.

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.

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).

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.

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).