Is Vinyl Worth It

The late Harry Pearson made this comment: "If you want to enjoy your digital, stop listening to vinyl."

As a person who has over 5000 vinyl albums in his collection and about 2000 CDs, I can say that to my ears vinyl is superior, especially from the point of getting you involved in the music from a soulful standpoint.

At this point, I listen to CDs for convenience ... and to vinyl for the music. I have a lot of mono jazz recording from the 50's. I can put Paul Desmond, June Christy and Lester Young right into the room by playing a 60 year old record that sounds absolutely amazing.

Everytime I play Dean Martin's "Dream With Dean" (original pressing), Jo Stafford's "Ballad of The Blues," or Norman Luboff's "But Beautiful," I know why I love vinyl so much. I'd like to hear the digital setup that will do what these records will do on a high end vinyl setup.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dean-Martin-Dream-With-Dean-LP-Stereo-/381358804911?hash=item58cac18faf

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JO-STAFFORD-Ballad-Of-The-Blues-LP-Columbia-Six-Eye-Stereo-1959-/400962458749?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item5d5b39947d

http://www.ebay.com/itm/But-Beautiful-The-Norman-Luboff-Choir-LP-Vinyl-Album-Record-Columbia-6EYE-/141529734895?hash=item20f3d45eef