Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)

vinyl is highly processed in order to keep many issues at bay. and interestingly enough many people like the sound of that.

I like the sound of vinyl but I also like to sound of a good digital recording as well - way more dynamics, non existent noise floor, no compression (unless you like pop music) and supreme highs.

but the real reason I like vinyl is the footprint. far easier to read the liner notes on a cardboard sleeve that's the size of a big dinner plate, compared to a cd or god forbit streaming service.

Russ.."new recordings are not issued in vinyl" You need to get out more Russ...Try going to a record store or Amazon or WalMart..or Target or....

Get up every 20 minutes?! That’s a very long side! Anyone whose sat longer than 20 minutes needs to get up!

@coltrane1 +1 LOL

If I was starting out, I'd go digital because of the up front investment in records to build a library. But I have a library and play about 10% CDs for the titles that aren't available or are too expensive/rare to get on vinyl.

Some well recorded CDs sound surprisingly good. In my system, in general, vinyl sounds better. Probably because my TT/cart/PS/cable costs 15-20 times that of my CD player. I am sure there are some recordings on CD that sound better than some of the issues of a record on vinyl.

I don't mind getting up to flip records, in fact I prefer 45s as they sound better than 33s, all things being equal. Keeps the blood flowing.

Don't stream - don't want to deal with more screens or apps when relaxing.