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Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
iamhe,The basics in that link are still standing, I think. It is the DVD-Audio part that I thought I should mention to you, in case you were not familiar with it and were expecting it to make a change at some point in the future. 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
chakster, I understand the concept of master tapes and them not being for us and vinyl being some sort of our "original" although it is not truly original. I approach it that way, too, but original it is not."...created by musicians for us (buyers... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
iamhe,The link you provided, as informative as it may be on some basic level, is a bit old and outdated on some level. DVD-Audio has practically died many years ago. Yes, it was better sound quality than CD but that might have been the only advant... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
prof,Good points. Never thought of them in that way. 
Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin.
"The room was not to change décor, nor set up in any way."I am trying to imagine a room that had full Bang & Olufsen design style before even bringing audio equipment in it. It must have been really cool and unusual. Most of the time, Bang &am... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"...when i want to play an album LP or a single "12 from my favorite band, i want to play original vinyl...""... i want to play the original source, not a bad digital copy.""Digital copy can not be better than the original source such as tape or v... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"Vinyl and analog gear is an investment, the real things that only rise up in price in time."Not so fast...https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis97c3b-technics-sl-7-linear-tracking-turntable-turntableshttps://www.gramophone.co.uk/editorial/review-t... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"Remember when you lost a Hard Drive with all information on it, it happens with computer hard drive."4 TB hard drive can be had for $99 at times. They are simple to copy as a back up and can be stored in different locations for safe-keeping. Diff... 
Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin.
n80,You were lucky if you heard and used that spray only now. Just so you know, it does not last forever. More spray may be needed over time.If Toshiba has outputs for two speaker pairs, I would buy two sets of speakers. Some that you are looking ... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"...when somebody walks in the room and makes the record  player skip......in the long run to replace your records because they’re scratched......Been there done that."You are so right. I had a deja vu recently while copying some records to digita... 
What to do when the preamp you were ripped off on shows up online ?
bigjoe,"...the seller asked if I still wanted to buy the preamp from him ,I said I would but cannot..."I hope you did not mean that. The "would" part, not the "cannot" part. 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
I was wrong. There was something practical and objective to add after snowdog212's post and uberwaltz just did it. Now we should be done. 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
I am afraid that after snowdog212's post, there is not much to be added in this debate. 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"Avoid new pressings made from digital files!"That is where the problem starts these days. How to find out what was really done? 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"The marketplace sorts out the winners from the losers!"And the award goes to.....iPhone with AirPods.(I know, Samsung sells more, but iPhone is the standard)