I edited the vinyl collection and selected those recordings that I was fond of. A kind friend of mine ripped them for me (a time consuming task to say the least), and then I found good homes for all of them. My cd's have all been placed in binders, jewel cases gone, saving a tremendous amount of space. I will keep the cd's,as they are my backup. All Hard drives do eventually fail.
At this point in the development of audio gear, I no longer see, or hear, for the most part, the need to have seperates, or for that matter, vinyl. At one time I would have thought that last comment heretical. Perhaps I'm getting lazy, or just possibly, the sound reproduction gap has narrowed to the point of being irrelevant..at least for me.
About this project. I live in a small studio apartment in New York, and I'm trying to reclaim as much space as I can. Part of this project required me to make some tough decisions, especially when it came to my electronics. Hence my original post. All in all I'm happy with my decisions, and excited about my upgrade path.
A note about my system. I just purchased A PS Audio Quintet. This will resolve, hopefully, some line noise issues that I've experienced, and besides, good clean power just makes sense.
Good luck.
