I assembled what I thought was the perfect digital system as the culmination of nearly half a century in this wonderful hobby from vinyl to CD to digital files to streaming. There were many twists and turns along the way, but it took the reintroduction of a vinyl source last year to get me to where I want to be.
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@calvinj Over the decades, my preference has swung between vinyl and CD/digital at least a couple of times. I tried to ditch vinyl altogether five years ago. Now, I am back into it again. Ironically, it was improvements on the the digital side that made vinyl so much better too through the Urika II phono stage. Thereafter, I found that I prefer vinyl. Digital files and streaming high res just don’t do it for me any more.
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@calvinj That's great. My turntable has been out of action this weekend, so I have been streaming for the first time in a while. Listened to some Jazz Fusion albums. They sounded great. I didn't miss vinyl at all. I am wondering if it's all down to the mastering not the format. I suspect many albums are not so well mastered for digital. Maybe that's why I often prefer vinyl. Of course, there's some poorly mastered vinyl too. |