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What percentage of digital vs. analog?

To those who have large classical record collections, what percentage of the time do you spend listening to your records?
Most, but not all, classical analog recordings are available with streaming. (I can’t speak for other genres.) Do you find that records generally sound better? I know there are audiophile record pressings that are exceptional. Also many older recordings from the 60s and 70s are unmatched.
But it seems to me that, at least in classical which I mostly listen to, digital sounds at least as good or better.
So, do you listen to records for sentimental reasons?

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coralkong
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I'm 100% digital, baby!

LOL.

I have (literally) thousands of CD's, and that's all I listen to. I don't even have my streamer hooked up. I probably have 3000 Classical CDs.

I have friends with turntables, and some of them sound quite good. But the idea of getting out of my chair every 20 minutes to flip a record just turns me off.

Unless it is a REALLY crappy CD pressing, they just sound better (and honestly, we're talking less than 1% of all the CDs I own that I would put in that category).

The only thing I miss about vinyl is the cover art/liner notes.

 

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