I like vinyl; just sounds better to me. I have about 400 CD's and about 250 LP's, some of which are duplicates. When I want the best sound, I always go for the LP. If I am sleepy, though, as others have mentioned, I go for the CD.
I don't have any doubt that records require a lot more effort to sound good. Hating pops and clicks, I clean each record on my SmartMatrix Pro by Clearaudio before each use.
I think that you need to spend quite a bit to get really good sound from vinyl. You need a good phonostage, turntable, cartridge and record cleaning machine. A Pass Labs XP-15, Rega RP10 with Apheta2 cartidge and Clearaudio record cleaning machine retails for nearly $12,000. For a middle class guy, that's painful, if not simply out of reach. Sounds great, though.
I have a Modwright Oppo 105D cd player with the upgraded tubes, and it sounds among the best of CD players I have heard for $5,000 and under.
Whenever I listen to a well recorded album, when it's over, I just lift the queuing arm and smile.
I don't have any doubt that records require a lot more effort to sound good. Hating pops and clicks, I clean each record on my SmartMatrix Pro by Clearaudio before each use.
I think that you need to spend quite a bit to get really good sound from vinyl. You need a good phonostage, turntable, cartridge and record cleaning machine. A Pass Labs XP-15, Rega RP10 with Apheta2 cartidge and Clearaudio record cleaning machine retails for nearly $12,000. For a middle class guy, that's painful, if not simply out of reach. Sounds great, though.
I have a Modwright Oppo 105D cd player with the upgraded tubes, and it sounds among the best of CD players I have heard for $5,000 and under.
Whenever I listen to a well recorded album, when it's over, I just lift the queuing arm and smile.