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My honest belief is that vinyl playback is inferior to CD playback
The difference between $400 in vinyl and $1400 in vinyl is pretty amazing, and likely to meet or beat your CD rig. Now imagine putting your vinyl on equal footing with your CD's, and I mean including phono stage and cartridge. You won't be saying CD Rules anymore, at least not for recordings that have the same mastering.I do believe SOME CD's sound better than viny, but that is usually due to over compression and bad mastering on the vinyl rather than anything else the medium has to offer.Enjoy,Bob
Jeez Chair Guy I compliment you and you kick me.
I don't really know what I'm missing in terms of out of print musicians.
Hi Guys,Have you ever listened to pink floyds 'dark side of the moon' on vinyl and then listened to the cd version?Enough said.RegardsRod
Well I find the LP vs CD debate boring usually and much like SS vs Tube debates. There are too many caveats to make any conclusions. I find that I agree though with a lot said in this thread.I have been into LPs for only a short while and I am of the CD generation but grew up listening to my dad's LPs at least some of the time. I think a lot has to do with ERA and genre of the recording in determining which media sounds better.My findings for the music I like and own:1) 60's and early seventies ...
I do have quite a bit of old vinyl, and lacquer too. Some of it may never be placed on CD, so the question is moot as to which would be better. It's just that, for things like imaging, soundstage, dynamics, timbre, distortion - I find CD sounds better.I think they are both now mature technologies. Digital, for me, sounds better. YMMV.