Harry James, The King James Version


Due to someone who recently mentioned this LP, and what a great recording it is, I decided it was time to give it a listen. I hooked up my SET 300B, tube preamp and phono stage, Garrard 401, Dynavector arm, and Zu Denon 103R, and was just floored at what I heard. Since I've been terribly lazy lately, I haven't listened to vinyl much at all recently, so it came as a shock to hear again how good a great slab of vinyl can sound.

I don't recall my digital front end ever getting my attention like this did. Shame on me for being so lazy. I've learned my lesson, and I will treat myself to much more analog in the future.

Regards,
Dan
islandmandan

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Dan

Absolutely! Doug Sax was the genius behind Sheffield Labs and it was his brother that designed the tube preamplifier that Doug used. Doug even built his own crossover for his Tannoys. They would have used Doug’s Tannoys back in those days. Doug Sax only switched to Active ATC in later years, long after his reputation was already well established.

Doug didn’t just have golden ears - I think we all can hear the genius of what Doug did. I believe the genius is connecting what you hear to a positive action to enhance sound quality. We can all recognize the superior quality of Doug’s work, however, only a genius like Doug could take something and know how to tweak it and make it sound as good as it possibly could. In the case of the D2D, Doug would set up everything for optimal sound and it worked so well.

My favourite is the sizzle on Blues Stay Away from me.

With your phenomenal setup it is quite possible you hear it just in the way Doug intended!