Well after my abortive initial foray into the world of SUTs (previous posts), a couple months ago I decided to simply upgrade my phonostage to a considerably costlier one with SUTs built-in. Both sonically and musically the new 'stage slays my prior ones, as it should, and the circuit itself is nicely quiet in MM mode, however the SUTs do add some low-level hum that I can't eliminate no matter what I do, and that the modestly-priced outboard SUT I tried didn't have. Still, the overall sound quality is the best I've enjoyed, and with my current medium-output MC I can use the lowest step-up ratio, where the hum level is so residual as to not be a problem even at realistically high volumes.
Joe Pass - "For Django" [Pacific Jazz/Capitol LP reissue '64/?] Two-guitar quartet date with John Pisano
Barney Kessel - "Let's Cook!" [Contemporary LP reissue '62/?] With Ben Webster, Shelly Manne, Victor Feldman, Jimmie Rowles, Hampton Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar, Frank Rosolino. Originally recorded by Roy DuNann in '57 in early stereo with notably high fidelity
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Kyoto" [Riverside/Fantasy LP reissue '66/?] With Art's cousin Wellington Blakey delivering the powerhouse vocal on "Wellington's Blues"
The Modern Jazz Quartet - "...& Orchestra" [Atlantic LP reissue '61/?] Gunther Schuller conducts
Dave Brubeck Trio Featuring Gerry Mulligan - "Compadres" [Columbia LP '68] With Jack Six and Alan Dawson
Chico Hamilton Quintet - "The Chico Hamilton Special" [Columbia/CSP LP reissue '60/?]
Art Van Damme Quintet With Johnny Smith - "A Perfect Match" [Columbia LP '63]
Al Kooper - "You Never Know Who Your Friends Are" [Columbia LP '69]
Elliott Murphy - "Aquashow" [Polydor LP '73]
UFO - "Phenomenon" [Chysalis LP '74]
Katrina And The Waves - "...2" [Attic (Canadian) LP '84]
