I wish I could hear a blind testing on a very expensive system on vinyl vs streaming. I have always thought vinyl to be noisy and it is time consuming to have to get up and change a record. It might even be more fun during a blind testing to tell them they were listening to streaming when playing vinyl to see if they could be fooled. Buying a $20,000 turntable and purchasing expensive vinyl is not what most people can afford is also another question to consider. Right now, I enjoy streaming music from a huge Tidal library and listening to hi res music.
What is the reason for this? (Digital vs Vinyl Question)
I recently bought new speakers - GoldenEar Triton One.R towers - to pair with my Naim Uniti Star. My set-up for digital is the Naim with Ethernet, Qobuz & Tidal HiRes organized and played through Roon. With all of my other systems until now I preferred the sound of vinyl over digital. I have a Rega Planar 3 tt with Rega Fono preamp. I spin the highest quality records you can get - Mofi 1 Step, Analogue Productions, Classic Records, etc. etc. I've been listening for days trying to convince myself otherwise because of the $$ I've spent on records but the digital chain just sounds better to my ears. The question is: Is this because my new speakers are revealing the disparity between digital and analog better than lesser speakers I've used in the past (Monitor Silver, PSB Platinum, etc.) or is it because some speakers just match better with digital vs vinyl or is it because with the Naim streamer / DAC I've just put together a better digital front end and need to upgrade my tt and / or phono preamp?