Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection

@jjbeason14 

I’m assuming you’re asking for “quality” in sonics vinyl vs which composer which is subjective:

TAS (The Absolute Sound) high-end audio magazine has an annual (?) “2023 TAS Super LP List” in January 2024 issue #345 which includes pages of favored “classical” LPs.  Also, Stereophile has an annual “Records to live for” here

Vinyl LP cleaning- the best is ultrasonic cleaners. The lowest price RCM, without looking like a home project, is Kirmus but is labor intensive. For automatic RCM there’s Degritter, Auto Desk, and KLaudio (guess they reentered the RCM market).

Bonus- if you buy a used record that was worn with a different profile stylus than yours, you may be playing the non-worn part of the used vinyl.

I got both. Vinyl for better sonics, digital for the ease, streaming variety, and Roon to explore.