My neck is out there also.... Takes alot of bucks to play a record better than a fine CD system. BUT if you spend the <10K (New), I think the vinyl does sound better. Making all things equal, I'll suffer a little digital "hash" for the ease of use. Plus, once I have been thru all of my CD tweeks, its not much of a sonic trade-off at all.
Vinyl vs. CD
Hey out there,I've been listening to a high quality CD playback system for the past couple years and have recently become interested in going to turntable rig.(I still have an LP collection).I have a quality tube pre with phono and decided to buy an inexpensive turntable to spin some of my old favorites (Rega 2 with grado silver) I had no pre-conceived notion of what would sound better,I just remember the enjoyment I got from playing Hendrix, Rolling Stones ect.on an a good ole' record player.After listening to the Rega for a few days I switched back to CD's (Meridian 500 trans 566/24 dac)and found that the remastered CD issues of the same LP's sounded alot better.Must I drop several K's to experience "Vinyl Dreams" ?