Back to listening to the system last night after the disruption of watching a lot of Glastonbury which left me feeling generally very underwhelmed. Nice to choose some decent music and play it back at an infinitely higher quality level than the TV!

I had noticed that after spending two weeks away from the system on holidays, on my return the system had sounded better and this was the case again last night. When it reached the golden hour ( 9pm) it sounded substantially more open and transparent than I can ever remember. Listening to a few records and the space in the soundstage and ambient information was very apparent. I would say it was quite euphonic which maybe would suggest my valves are adding in bit of their special distortion

Then I remember I had fitted a new stylus that had now hit 50 plus hours which probably means it is operating at its optimal level. So I am betting the improved sound quality I am getting is mainly down to this?