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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Showing 3 responses by mahler123

+1 @arafiq 

 

  I listen to Classical most of the time and it’s just now contest.  The expanded dynamic range alone made me fall in love with my first CDP, and it was  14 bit player.  Even that player revealed so much more detail and made the instruments sound so much more natural that it was like the Gods had invited me,a mere mortal, to their private listening room on Mt. Olympus

I missed the satire. I guess you have to have a longer memory than me for thread that was being parodied.

this happens within the digital topic all of the time. People buy a streamer for $10K compare it to a $300 CDP and declare that streaming is a far superior medium

I need something to autobias the silicon in my solid state amp.  I’m tired of sand swapping