Here's a fire starter: Analog is as good as SACD


If in my setup (see below) a SACD version and a good LP version of an album sound almost the same; ke sense to upgrade my phonostage or invest in speaker cables, etc.

Primare I32
Zu Wylde IC
Emotiva XPS-1
Hana EL/Denon DL-301 II/Shure V15. Hanna is my fav.
Oracle Alexandria/Sumiko MMT with Cards wiring
Oppo BDP 95
Belden XLRs
Canton Ergo 1002DC speakers
DIY speaker cables 10' Bi-wire 12 AWG 99.95 OFC, 50% silver plated/50% unplated multi-strand.
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Showing 1 response by randy-11

Restatement of a post above:
It all depends on the recording and mastering done by the sound engineers.

 Sometimes vinyl's preferable despite the snap, crackle & pop because the compression effs up the CD so much.

Sometimes the CD, SACD or HiRes online track is well recorded -- if so, it will not have the snap, crackle, and pop of vinyl, not will it wear out when you play it a lot.