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Digital is far better than vinyl

I have invested a decent sum of money into my digital setup, including a decent streamer (Innuos Zenith MK3), a very good dac (Denafrips Terminator 2), Eno filter, and good cabling. But after being told by many here that vinyl is vastly superior to digital, I thought let’s build an analog system and see what all the fuss is about. So this is what I did ...

I picked up an Audio Technica TT from Amazon for around $299. I then used one of the older integrated amps with a built-in phono, which I believe I paid around $500 a few years ago. And, finally, just to even out the playing field I bought the cheapest possible cables from alibaba. Since I didn’t have extra rack space to put the TT on, I got a couple of bricks and built a DIY platform for it.

So after listening to the analog setup for a few days, I can proclaim without a shadow of doubt that digital is far, far superior than vinyl on any given day, and twice a day on Sunday.

What has been your experience? And please, don’t mention your gear or any special. cartridges, isolation, etc. Not interested in your system details. I just want to make sure you guys understand that digital is far, far superior than vinyl.

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Digital vs vinyl, chocolate vs vanilla. Whem I dad a decent tt/cartridge,that being a heavily modified Rega 3 with a Sumiko MMT tonearm,  SotaTone Cones and Bluepoint cartridge, it was lovely BUT the PITA of record cleaning, VTA adjustment et al became painful, never mind the quest to find decent quality records.

At the same time a Meitner D/A with a good Denon CD player used as a transport had me realize that digital was cleaner, with greater dynamic range, and far more convenience.

 

The euphoric distorsions of analog are addictive but harkening back to my years of playing in a symphonic band told me which was more accurate and fulfilling.

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