My digital is Aurender N10 + Esoteric K03
My vinyl is JR Transrotor + SME V + Air Tight Supreme PC 1 + Allnic H3000
My digital sounds excellent but the vinyl does blow it away. Vinyl has more of a presence. More emotional connection with the music.
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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I have generally thought my digital front end sounds pretty good , however I just bought a turntable and it sounds REALLY good with a modest cartridge and cheap NAD phono pre. Hopefully a much better phono pre will really elevate performance. I regrettably sold my turntable about 10 years ago when someone in my family snapped the stylus off. Fortunately I kept some really good vinyl. I was up until 1 AM spinning wax .....
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@oddiofyl You got me thinking about which is most important....TT, arm, cart, or phono pre. My guess is cart and pre. I know both of those upgrades in my system produced solid results. |