Want to add vinyl to my system.


Hello all, 

I have an all digital system with a Lumin x1 streamer, Oppo 203, B&W speakers, Classe Sigma SSP, and Mac 611’s.  I want to now add vinyl into my system abd need a new turntable and phono stage.  I have been considering the Rega 8 or 10.  What do you think of the Rega’s, and which phono stage would you recommend?

bwguy

Showing 1 response by jbuhl

I can only but agree with mijostyn.

I am a record collector from the 70s, have reduced my collection to around 1200 or so now.

I would not bother with vinyl now if strarting from scratch. I had a superb vinyl setup, kuzma XLDC, 4pt, Atlas, Ypsilon phono. Eventually my digital caught up with the vinyl, unless playing mint analogue albums or some audiophile recordings (still marginal gains) digital was as good sometimes better. Most new LPs are from digital recordings, it also seems a lot of the recent MoFi productions are from DSD files!

What this person said. I have a P6 decent phono stage but only couple hundred albums. But I have worked my digital front end up to where it sounds almost as good and sometimes better than vinyl. This is budget is where I must live.

Given the storage complications and the cost of new vinyl releases and even the cost of used I would not recommend the path. Streaming/file/disc technology only getting better. It is the future.

 

Note: Especially given what ROON has to offer.  Like walking into a virtual library of music at your finger tips.