Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)
I was bored today on a support job so I made a meme. This isn’t a hard or serious conviction of mine, but I am interested in getting reactions 😁
@russbutton "That modest PC/DAC combo I spoke about is actually quite good and illustrates the unfair advantages that digital has over vinyl" It doesn’t illustrate anything about the sound quality differences of one versus the other, it simply conveniently makes a statement about the cost that you are comfortable with for your source. No harm with that everybody needs to makes the choice they are comfortable with, but beyond that the point doesn’t support anything regarding sound |
@newton_john @facten My discussion is really centered on value. The PC/DAC combo Iʻm talking about is something generic. DAC has come a long ways and you get very good reproduction with modestly priced units. The differences between a decent $500 DAC and your $5000 wonder are not $4500 worth, unless youʻve got $4500 and nothing else to do with it. Streamers are just miniPC boards running someoneʻs custom front end on top of Linux. None of those mega-buck streamers are running their own custom O/S. Bits is bits, but thatʻs a completely different discussion. The point here is that for well under $1000, a PC/DAC combo can be very, very good. You can easily drop $10,000 on a turntable/tonearm/cartridge/phono preamp combo and youʻre still having to deal with all of inherent imperfections of vinyl. Vinyl is NOT a good value. |
@mickeyb "It’s simple, when I have time to enjoy a drink and a puff, I listen to my vinyl." - "like a penny rolling up the wall inside"? |
