New Owner of Jazz Club

Hello, I am the proud new owner of a second hand Jazz Club Phono Stage.  I have been a vinyl fan for years, but until a little over a year ago always listened to vintage receivers with built in phono stages. At that time I upgraded to a Decware Mini Torrii tube amp and a cheap Rolls phono stage. After a lot of research, I finally took the plunge on a Graham Slee Jazz Club. For the longest time, I intended to stay all tube and get a tube phono stage but could not find an all tube high quality tube stage within my budget. I was aware that many of the affordable ones are hybrids with questionable performance. Cheaper all tube models seemed to be based on older designs with imprecise RIAA EQ deciphering. While I had looked closely at some Graham Slee phono stages, I wan't entirely sold until this Jazz Club came up for sale at a price I couldn't pass up. I've only had it plugged in for a couple days, so from what I've read it will continue to improve as it settles in, but so far I immediately noticed far more detail yet also more "musicality" if that makes sense. I say more detail without being analytical. I tend to be someone that can get annoyed with something that emphasizes the highs, sounding analytical and inducing listener fatigue. This doesn't do that, yet there is clearly much more there.

Hi Mick,