Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it.

I think it is simple. The end goal in audio is to reproduce analog sound, an lp playback system is completely analog front to back, whereas digital systems take an analog source, converted to digital, and then reconvert it to analog. There's a whole lotta converting going on. I think one of vinyl's merits is the simplicity and purity of the interface itself... a needle on a record.

Eldartford..... I am not digiphobic, I actually own a cd player AND a dvd player, and yes I am aware of digital mixing AND mastering. At the end of the day, I listen to vinyl more than I listen to cd's because I like it. I like listening to cd's to, I'm not afraid of them. My previous post was a simple observation, take it how you wish, if you read deeply enough into it to see 'digiphobia' then so be it.

And yes Viridian, I agree with you as well, However let's not leave the master tapes out of the equation! :-)
Only thing my TT is missing is an analog to digital converter, so I can run it thru my DAC, and 'smooth out the sound' a bit!

eldatford your first statement is ridiculous. Eighty percent of my records were produced before digital even existed! Yes I have some thin sounding digitally remastered records, what of it? Both systems have their strengths and weaknesses, but I digress; if we read the op's thread he simply asks if it is worth the hassle. Well to all of the turntable owners on this site it is, to all of the people who sotched their tt , it ain't. To endlessly argue whether digital is superior to analog is completley ridiculous and futile... We may as well be arguing whether Pinot is 'better' than merlot!
Or say.... Converters are 'better' than transducers.
Let's bring it back to topic shall we? IMHO vinyl isn't a hassle at all, I see no need to justify my stance, YMMV. Good luck.

The fact that many of us make time to listen to vinyl, there must be some merit to it. I love my telarc discs, something about the bass I just don't get with vinyl. But of my three versions of Kind of blue, the classic records vinyl is best by a wide margin.. I've a/b'd for friends and everyone agrees, without exception, that the vinyl kills the sacd version. I use a Sony modded by Matt Anker (sacd mods). I am sure if I invested more in my digital rig I could get better sound. I am also sure that there will be a day when a digital format will be available that rivals or surpasses vinyl in every way. When that format is available at a reasonable price, count me in! By then I am sure I will be too old to be running to my tt every 15 minutes, adjusting cartridges etc!

'That is why for me yes, analog is annoying, over- populated and endorsed by terminal anal retentives and loonies but so worth it'

As precise an encapsulation of the issue at hand as I've ever read!

OTOH, you have to ultimately ask yourself if it's 'worth it'..... Either bite the bullet, and buy a tt, or go on the digital forum to continue searching for that ever elusive 'analog' sounding cdp!

I'm just saying.