Fireworks

I am writing this note near the end of June, but I thought I'd save it for the 4th of July—a day of fireworks—because that's what it is.

Once in a while, I am treated to something few on Earth ever get to experience: the birthing of a new product that is so extraordinary as to set one's hair on fire. That experience just happened to me this morning, and I am still reeling from it.

How to say it? I think perhaps I will do something daring—something that'll likely set a few on edge, but it's just simply the way it happened.

Let me share with you a note I just sent to the unit's designer, Darren Myers:

Darren,

You animal! 

Just finally listened to the finished prototype of the PMG phono after all it's been through.

I put on an old Mercury recording of Janos Starker. MC stage sounds great, definitely a huge step up from Stellar and the other references here. 

And then I switched to the Transimpedance input. OMG. Ridiculous. It is sooooooo superior to anything I have ever heard as to make me crazy. 

This is witchcraft.

Vinyl has never sounded like this. Never. I don't believe anyone's ever had this experience.

Chris Hardin and a customer were there when we made the switch. They were both floored.

Chris put on Fleetwood Rumors, so I had to leave the room because if I have to hear that again, I’ll kill myself. That said, Chris came out shaking his head. “It blows away the digital version to the point I can’t listen to it anymore”.

Holy crap, man. What magic have you wrought?

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That's it. What more can be said except that we won't be able to ship this for many months, but I just had to share. 

Happy 4th!!