Re Sound Application. Does

For service or sale?

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.

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.

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.

Jim no longer makes those.

The new ones are just 6 plugs. No digital or analog. I think he found it best to have separate power lines completely from the circuit breaker box

I use the regenerators because we have frequent outages here and I have projector in the room and also to provide isolation from analog/digital gear.