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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?  
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thebrokenrecord
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"Mofi 1 Step, Analogue Productions, Classic Records, etc"

With all due respect to everyone who's weighed in on this so far, much of which I agree with, the problem is the records. These so called "Audiophile" records lack the very quality that makes analog so satisfying - TRANSPARENCY! I write about this a lot if you're interested:

https://www.thebrokenrecord.net\

The records you play make a GINORMOUS difference in the experience you have with analog. Try buying one record from Better Records, just one, and see if your current analog front end doesn't start to impress you. If it doesn't you can return the record (30 day money back guarantee) and forget you ever read this.

But if that record does turn out to pique your interest in the potential for vinyl again, then use THAT RECORD to decide what upgrades to make if and when you decide to upgrade your analog front end, or your electronics, or wires, or just about anything but the digital stuff.

This is the way forward in analog. START WITH THE RECORDS!
thebrokenrecord
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@billzameI"m not suggesting anyone build their entire collection at Better Records. I only said "buy one"!

It's just than anyone buying MoFi's and AP's has never heard what a record can do and is therefore in need of an education on analog. Once you've heard what a record can do then at least you understand the possibilities. Then perhaps you start to develop the necessary skills to find great sounding records (cleaning methods, research and developing our ear) on your own. Often this is just cleaning the records we own better and listening with our full attention. But if we're buying Analogue Productions records we'll NEVER really get why serious analog enthusiasts get so darn enthusiastic about it!

The debate about whether vinyl sounds better than digital really ought to be a debate about whether vinyl CAN sound better than digital. If you get the right records, and then you build your system in the right way, that is, the way that makes your best sounding records sound even better, then you will very soon be all in with analog and never look back.

Oh and yes, get a better cartridge and phono preamp, absolutely, but don't expect to get the cartridge right on the very first try and demo as many phono preamps as you can until you decide. DON'T TRUST THE REVIEWS!
thebrokenrecord
50 posts
 
You don't need to take my word for it, listen to this guy!

https://ontherecord.co/2021/08/13/money-can-buy-you-happiness-you-just-have-to-spend-it-right-needs-...
thebrokenrecord
50 posts
 
unreceivedogma:

We'll just have to agree to disagree on this. Perhaps if you heard on of BR's records on a great analog system you'd change your mind!
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