Your CD is digital that's turned to analog. The vinyl record is digital turned to analog. How could it be better? I'm sure people who like LP's will say it's better. But since I'm most concerned with the music, maybe I shouldn't have posted. |
Inna, that's not fair. "including the equipment" Someone with a 5K tonearm, and a 3K cartridge was bragging about how his rig sounded so much better than CD. I should hope so.
Here they come, "The Vinyliter's", that religious group that's so prominent here on the "Gon". They even claim that a Dual sounds better than the best digital.
Well, I guess it's time for me to "duck and cover". |
Maybe the deciding factor is the quality of the TT or digital rig. I have a transport that feeds into a "data transmission interface", that feeds into a DAC which has Black Gate caps. |
Inna you are correct, tape sounds better; you have 2 track or 1/2 track which records in one direction only, and you have 1/4 track which records and plays back in both directions.
2 track that records in only one direction is very expensive in regard to tape, but whatever you record will sound much better; your speakers will appear to have gotten larger. Since I have tape from the time it was cheap, I can enjoy that luxury.
As for the original question, I will have to experiment before I can answer it, but it seems to me that you would have a multiplicity of variables to take into account.
First, digital sounds better than cheap analog; therefore the bottom line depends on the price of the unit; that's where the multiplicity of variables come into play.
You can only get what is on a vinyl record with the right rig perfectly set up.
Analog people seem to think you can get that sound with a stock "Dual" turntable that comes with arm and cartridge. I'll take the CD any day over that.
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Inna, I have a DTI between my transport and DAC. I imagine a lot of people don't even know what that is; it's a digital transmission interface, and it eliminates jitter.
Not until I did my last cartridge upgrade did the TT exceed my digital.
Now somebody compares a top end Basis with Lyra Titan to digital; the Basis is $15,000. plus Lyra Titan $4,500. I should hope that combination is better.
I object to analog people insinuating that a run of the mill TT is better than digital; that's just not true.
I would bet that after I recorded to my reel from that combination, the music would sound better than that combination alone.
There are a multitude of variables here, and be prepared to part with ""Mucho Dinero" when you choose analog.
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Anything will sound better on playback with 2 Track reel.
CD's become analog on playback, that goes for playback on cassette as well.
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Although I enjoy it because I bought tape and reel a long time ago, I couldn't even think about affording it now, because I don't even know where you can get a reel repaired, and tape costs too much. |
Inna I have a Technics 2 track that I listen to a lot. Most of the time I listen to the playback list on the computer.
A few years ago, Stereophile ran articles on the best audiophile cards to install in your computer, and there was a lot of discussion here about down loading your LP's (you have to have the proper interface) Although there's a lot of reading involved, it's not expensive as "audiophile" equipment goes, and it's well worth all the time and effort. It also helps to know a computer "geek".
Right now I'm enjoying LP's on computer play back, and not missing any nuance on a recent cartridge upgrade.
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Tostados, it's not at all subjective in regard to LP or CD when the total cost of your analog rig is a minimum of 4K. I know I said 3K once before, but cartridges seem to have gone up, so that is 3K for the table and in the vicinity of 1K for the cartridge.
I have it with the "analogers" (that's what I call them) because their always making outlandish claims, like a run of the mill TT will sound better than CD, and that's just not true.
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Inna, the clutch went out just recently on my Otari MX 5050; that's the 4 channel that comes in two pieces. I will give it to you if you pay shipping. I have two professional shipping cases. It was working perfectly before the clutch went out.
I have no idea how much repair costs, but I'm not going to get it repaired.
You pay shipping and it's yours
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