Lazarus,
A week or so ago I made a post called "Rediscovering the Joy of Digital?". It was along the same lines as your post, although I was only half serious and it appears that you are quite serious.
All things considered, I can't say I blame you. My main reason for staying with vinyl is that I have a large collection, most of which is in excellent condition (I avoided drugs in the 70s) and buying used vinyl has gotten to be a "sport" of sorts. You can sometimes score some great recordings for up to a few dollars a pop and to me that is better than buying obscure SACD's at $20+ a pop.
For new releases, I buy CDs because as you've noticed, they sound close to vinyl now on a good rig. My LP collection has too much sentimental value and potential for musical involvement for me to ditch it. In fact I just had a custom LP rack constructed that will be able to hold the bulk of my collection.
If your current collection of LPs is not that important to you, then I feel you are justified in selling your analog rig and records. If you can sell the recordings without missing them too much, I'd say do it. If not, you still have choices. You could sell your expensive tt system and buy a more middle-of-the-road model to enjoy your collection. Or you can do what I do -- keep it all for a rainy day and don't let it bother you -- unless you really need the money back from your investment... Even if the commercial digital formats outperform analog in the near future who cares? You know how good your turntable sounds right now and I suspect it is very, very good indeed.
A week or so ago I made a post called "Rediscovering the Joy of Digital?". It was along the same lines as your post, although I was only half serious and it appears that you are quite serious.
All things considered, I can't say I blame you. My main reason for staying with vinyl is that I have a large collection, most of which is in excellent condition (I avoided drugs in the 70s) and buying used vinyl has gotten to be a "sport" of sorts. You can sometimes score some great recordings for up to a few dollars a pop and to me that is better than buying obscure SACD's at $20+ a pop.
For new releases, I buy CDs because as you've noticed, they sound close to vinyl now on a good rig. My LP collection has too much sentimental value and potential for musical involvement for me to ditch it. In fact I just had a custom LP rack constructed that will be able to hold the bulk of my collection.
If your current collection of LPs is not that important to you, then I feel you are justified in selling your analog rig and records. If you can sell the recordings without missing them too much, I'd say do it. If not, you still have choices. You could sell your expensive tt system and buy a more middle-of-the-road model to enjoy your collection. Or you can do what I do -- keep it all for a rainy day and don't let it bother you -- unless you really need the money back from your investment... Even if the commercial digital formats outperform analog in the near future who cares? You know how good your turntable sounds right now and I suspect it is very, very good indeed.