Harry James, The King James Version

Dear @islandmandan: The best way/quality for LP recording is D2D and your LP was recorded that way and sounds really good.

All the Sheffield Labs D2D LP's are just great against any other wat of LP recordings.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

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!

I have the Sheffield CD. It is kind of a cool sound. I think Sheffield is a nice label, some good music recorded for the enjoyment of the listener. I also have the Thelma Houston and the Pressure Cookers LP and an Amanda McBroom CD.
As shadorne mention Tannoy speakers which I know you have Dan. That reminded me, when I first got this music it was enjoyed on my 1977 Tannoy Chevoits. Maybe there was some synergy there.

Thanks for your responses, guys. Back around 35-40 years ago, I had quite a few D2D's. They got gone during a nasty divorce, along with my Tannoys and the rest of my system.


I started over, and eight years or so ago, I got back into vinyl, and finally, back to Tannoys. Life is good.

Regards,
Dan

Would that all in the music recording/mastering/pressing industry, inherited the ears and talents of Doug Sax(RIP). Sheffield’s I’ve Got The Music In Me, Growing Up In Hollywood Town and The King James Version, are my most prized/cherished vinyls(love those boxes, too). Especially, when I’m in the mood to test my system’s dynamic range. They were limited/numbered editions(the Direct To Discs, anyway). Sucks, that you lost them(divorce can be akin to virgin rape). Just about impossible to find unmolested/cherry replacements, for a lot of things. Sheffield made tapes of their D2D sessions and when the D2D stampers wore out, released some of what they called their Sheffield Treasury records. Perhaps you can find some of those and get back most of the enjoyment. ie: https://www.discogs.com/label/226373-Sheffield-Treasury