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If you are buying, be prepared to wait.

Jim's a perfectionist. He take his time to build/finetune and continually
improve on his designs.

The downside is - the wait and that each successive generation often
sounds better and usually without a change in the model name or badge. So
resale values of his older models may sometimes take a hit.

I have 2 of his 2011 RLS-240s which are excellent. This was replaced by the
RLS-240E which were better again (I didn't get them).

I also have one of his flagship RLS-240X. There was a batch of problematic
caps that he used and I had to send my unit to him for repairs. It took a while
but not only did he fix it, he upgraded my unit to the latest spec (think it is
now called 240XF) with no extra charge.

Thanks Dog. I'm glad you rate Jim as a perfectionist as it supports what I've heard. His units are advertized as not current limiting. How would you need/use 3 units in your system? Had you tried other conditioner? How did you come to decide to buy his unit? Thanks.

Jim believes in having separation of power between analog and digital components.

In my set up, I have my main gear in the back of the room - my sources and preamp. So I have one RLS-240 for my phono and line preamps. And another RLS-240 for my digital stuff.

In the front of the room, I have my speakers, subwoofer and power amps. This is where I use the RLS-240XF.

A friend of mine bought a preowned RLS-240 many years ago and in his system, the changes were nothing short of impressive. He eventually got in touch with Jim to get a newer one and the improvements were nothing short of remarkable. I remember when he loaned out his RLS-240 to us friends - and the drop in performance - he stopped listening to music in his system.

Thank you for the explanation. Sounds like an excellent approach. Since you mention the XF is the top model; have you tried swapping it with your phono/preamp 240s? I've (modestly) been touting the incredible virtues of having "adaquate" (read extreme) separation of power for digital and analog so am 100% with Jim and you on that. (I use an Equitech 2Q for my pre & power as one measure of isolating analog from digital.)

Can't say I have tried swapping them around :) I don't think my wallet could survive the temptation :P

But I'd assume I need more current to the power amps hence the use of the better model in front.

I am still trying to find a local electrician to run the dedicated lines. In the meantime, I am using two PurePower regenerators to separate digital and analog.