To add LPs I would have to buy decent TT (not cheap) and phono section. For money spent I could replace my current speakers. Keeping both LP and CD is not the best way to go IMHO. I decided to go with CD, since LPs are more expensive, with smaller selection and require more attention. In addition I wouldn’t be able to take advantage of the computer server with room/speaker equalization I have now. Some of my CDs have fantastic sound, showing that media itself is not the limiting factor. The only worse thing I can see is possibly more compression (intended for smaller speakers), but it is not bad in comparison to pops and clicks on the scratched LP - that I cannot stand (they bring me back from the concert to my living room) . One more factor, that was never mentioned, is that CD can be copied. According to RIAA I can legally copy my friends’ CDs as long as I copy them for my own use on the media that paid royalties to artists, like "Audio CD-R". Tape manufacturing companies used to pay royalties to artist fund per foot of manufactured tape. That way tape recording of LPs or radio stations was legal.
