Why didn't I sell my vinyl rig?


I've recently moved heavily into streaming and digital playback.  That system's core is the Denafrips Terminator Plus DAC with an Innuos Zenith Mk 3 / Phoenix USB.  Just added a LHY Audio SW-8 ethernet switch. Great cables all the way around. By most standards this is a reasonable mix of gear.  I run the Innuos Sense App as it sounds better than Roon. Love the convenience of digital and infinite supply of tunes from Qobuz.  My problem is this.  My vinyl rig generally sounds better.  Sometimes by a wide margin. Do others with both rigs have the same problem?

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Showing 2 responses by curtdr

I absolutely do not have, and have never had (since the 1980s anyway), the problem of vinyl sounding better than digital.

Vinyl does sound different, noisier actually, and I do acknowledge that some people like it, and that's fine.  I guess they like a certain lushness or whatever.  Maybe it depends on the speakers one is using.  

I still have a nice turntable and some good vinyl... which I never use except as a "nostalgia trip" every once in a while.  I view it mainly as clutter, and may get rid of it, just like I ridded myself of other "vintage" nostalgia-type components.