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russbutton started the topic An All-time Talent that will be missed in the forum Music 4 months, 1 week ago

As a member of the San Francisco Audiophile Society, you live for the sheer beauty and loveliness of great music. We hope that our audio systems bring back to life musical magic. We sit spellbound reveling in the clarity and detail a great system can reveal.

Last Friday, Feb 8th, we lost one of the finest interpreters of the Great Ame…[Read more]
russbutton started the topic Rare test pressing – 45 RPM Direct to Disk in the forum General Discussion 5 months, 1 week ago

<p style=”margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: ‘SF Optimized’, system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ‘.SFNSText-Regular’, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.12px;”>Yesterday I came into possession of a test pressing of a 1977 recording of the CSM (College of San Mateo) Jazz Band, under the direction of Fred Berry. It’s a…[Read more]
russbutton started the topic Rare test pressing – 45 RPM Direct to Disk in the forum General Discussion 5 months, 1 week ago

<span style=”font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: #f4f4f4;”>Yesterday I came into possession of a test pressing of a 1977 recording of the CSM (College of San Mateo) Jazz Band, under the direction of Fred Berry. It’s a very unusual recording in that one side of it is a 45 RPM direct-to-disk…[Read more]
russbutton replied to the topic Linn LP12 with Rega RB300 arm, Valhalla PS, Nirvana springs – $1100 in the forum Buy and Sell Locally 12 months ago

This has been sold for my asking price.
russbutton started the topic Linn LP12 with Rega RB300 arm, Valhalla PS, Nirvana springs – $1100 in the forum Buy and Sell Locally 1 year, 2 months ago

Linn LP12 turntable – $1100

Rega RB300 arm

Valhalla Power Supply

Nirvana Springs

Operates fine.

The links below are vinyl tracks ripped to digital by this turntable.

http://russbutton.com/tmp/Thats_All.flac
http://russbutton.com/tmp/bebop.flac
http://russbutton.com/tmp/Say_Dr_J.flac
http://russbutton.com/tmp/sugar.wav (mono recording)
russbutton replied to the topic A worthy vinyl source in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 11 months ago

101 Music has two storefronts. One is on Grant Avenue and the other is the 513 Green Street address. The Green Street shop is filled with misc audio crap on the ground floor and a basement with an ocean of records to dig through. I can pretty much guarantee you’ll find some things you’ll want. $5 each.

The Grant Avenue shop is new and ver…[Read more]
David Snyder and russbutton are now friends 2 years, 3 months ago
russbutton replied to the topic Remember High School Band? in the forum Music 2 years, 4 months ago

If you’ll send me your e-mail address, I’ll add you to our mailing list. I send out very few notices. My personal e-mail is:

russ@russbutton.com

We rehearse a couple times a month. Most of our performances are for private affairs – weddings, parties, college commencement ceremonies, corporate events and the like. We do have a semi-public dat…[Read more]
russbutton replied to the topic Remember High School Band? in the forum Music 2 years, 4 months ago

I attended Lowell High School in San Francisco during the late 1960’s. As a trumpet player I played in the concert band, orchestra and game band. We did not march at all, but just sat in the stands and played during football and basketball games. I have a number of records that were made of our high school orchestra back then. I believe he…[Read more]
russbutton and anomaly7 are now friends 2 years, 7 months ago
russbutton started the topic Photos from the 2015 Burning Amp in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 8 months ago

I put up a web page gallery of images from the 2015 Burning Amp event at:

http://russbutton.com/Russ/audio/2015BurningAmp/

It’s absolutely amazing how good the sound can be when you build it yourself. And because you built it yourself, you’re much more involved in the listening experience. Don’t miss the steam punk loudspeakers built b…[Read more]
russbutton replied to the topic My virsion of Audio Nirvana in the forum Members’ Systems 2 years, 8 months ago

Hi Mark!

The Linkwitz Orion system uses an active electronic crossover. It calls for 4 channels of amplification, at 60 wpc, on each side, for a total of 8 channels. The B&K AV1260 amp has 12 channels, of which I use 8. I suppose I could use eight Mac 60’s, or 8 Marantz 8B amps, strapped in triode mode, but could you imagine my power bi…[Read more]
russbutton started the topic Where to find the real audiophiles in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 8 months ago

Far too much of audiophile attention is on gear and tweaks that are far beyond what most of us who actually work for a living can afford. They leave you feeling unsatisfied because no matter how good your system is or how carefully you’ve chosen your gear, someone has told you it’s not good enough and you’re fool enough to believe…[Read more]
russbutton replied to the topic Harley's System in the forum Members’ Systems 2 years, 9 months ago

Go pay a visit to Siegfried Linkwitz up in Corte Madera. That’ll open your ears.
russbutton started the topic A worthy vinyl source in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 9 months ago

I work in the SF Financial District. I popped into a record store the other day I think y’all should know about. It’s on Green Street, near Grant Avenue. Down in the basement they have an ocean of records to look through. Everything is $5. I picked up a rare recording of Bill Hardman, who was a trumpet player that worked with Art Blakey and…[Read more]
russbutton replied to the topic hello from Marin in the forum Introductions 3 years, 1 month ago

If you live in Central Marin and have history with hands-on speaker building, you would do yourself a favor if you paid a visit to Siegfried Linkwitz, who lives in Corte Madera. Heck. You could probably step out on your porch, throw a rock and hit his car.

Siegfried’s systems are outrageously wonderful and extremely affordable. Hi-end fo…[Read more]
russbutton started the topic My virsion of Audio Nirvana in the forum Members’ Systems 3 years, 1 month ago

Linn LP-12 turntable (serial # 1956)
Rega RB300 arm
Denon DL110 cartridge
tubes4hifi SP13 preamp w/PH12 phono board
Tascam CD-200 CD player
Peachtree DAC
Linux laptop running banshee music server app
B&K AV1260 power amp (12 channels, 60 wpc)
Linkwitz Orion Loudspeaker System with active crossover
Per Madsen equipment rack
Per Madsen record and CD…[Read more]
russbutton started the topic My virsion of Audio Nirvana in the forum Members’ Systems 3 years, 1 month ago

Linn LP-12 turntable (serial # 1956)
Rega RB300 arm
Denon DL110 cartridge
tubes4hifi SP13 preamp w/PH12 phono board
Tascam CD-200 CD player
Peachtree DAC
Linux laptop running banshee music server app
B&K AV1260 power amp (12 channels, 60 wpc)
Linkwitz Orion Loudspeaker System with active crossover
Per Madsen equipment rack
Per Madsen record and CD…[Read more]
russbutton replied to the topic The Hi-Fi game in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 3 months ago

Here’s the buying card from the Hi-Fi Game. Note that it lists wattage ratings for the loudspeakers and that the more expensive the loudspeaker, the higher the wattage rating.
russbutton replied to the topic The Hi-Fi game in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 3 months ago

Here’s what the buying card from the Hi-Fi Game. Note that it lists wattage ratings for the loudspeakers and that the more expensive the loudspeaker, the higher the wattage rating.
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