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always go back to lp after listening to cd for a while. it,s more satisfying!

Not only is my LP collection bigger than my CD collection (1200 LPs vs. 400 CDs), but I find the sound of LPs better by a huge margin.

I don't have any LPs, and I think that the (supposed) gain in quality of LP over CD is offset by the extra convenience of CD.

We purchased our first CD player at Christmas of 1982, at that time I was only 12 years old, and sold off all of my 15 LP's. As a result I have committed 100% of my listening to CD's.

Anyone who prefers LPs is out to friggin' lunch!

The 50/50 split is for my apartment during the week and because I've recently acquired an LINN LP12 with Lingo. On most weekends at my Cabin, its CDs.

I must admit that LPs get more playing time, but here's the catch: I'm a DJ, and techno/trance is really only available on vinyl!

Records sound better and I have more of them but the newer sounds are hard to find on vinyl. Also cd's are easier for background listening. But for serious listening you still can't beat the sound coming out of those records.

LPs sound much more like live music, as to the pace and soundstaging of the material

Explain? You're kidding, right?

No doubt about it. The average LP sounds as good as most audiophile CDs. Other than convenience LP is a sonically better format than present digital (and i agree digital has improved greatly in the past few years).

I have too many noisy LPs and it's just too much hassle to get up and down turning them over

50% LP, 50%DAT.

It is all a matter of taist.Sometimes it's just what you grew up on. I dont pun anyone down if they like vinel it's anyones choice. i like to be open minded.

I don't own any LPs and probably never will. I can understand listening to LPs if that is where you have your music stored, but I am sure most people would agree that digital technology is a superior format for music. Personally, I have never heard an LP machine I would trade for my Meridian 508.

I love vinyl but have never been able to match my Rotel amp & TDL speakers to my JH turntable with any adequate phono stage or cartridge. I am plagued with a tinny sound and no bass response - any ideas ? Best component - by far the Marantz SX72 scratch supressor which makes it worthwhile searching for slightly damaged but wonderful records.

My LP playback system is better than my CD playback system, I play mostly LP's at home.

I don't own any LPs. I can consistently make that "connection" to the music---the one that so eludes Mr. Fremer and many others---with CDs.

After developing my own Turntable, i use it far often then the CD-Player. The enjoment of vinyl is far bigger. Also the way the presentation is done, vinyl get's a clear yes. I heard a lot of expencive CD-Players, during my journey. The only one which could replace is a Naim CDSII. Enjoy. -Mathias PS: Don't forget the tuners as an important source. If a good aerial is available..

sound quality says it all

Dat we daar nog over moeten praten. Als je weet wat er allemaal fout is in het mechanisch gedoe en gestuntel dan zou je daar anno 1999 geen druppel inkt meer aan moeten besteden !

Assuming I ever get the damn cart aligned, it'd be more like 70% LP, 30% CD.

Undoubtedly I listen to rather more CDs than LPs, because more new releases are coming out on CD than on LP, and also because it takes time to go through the fiddly process of applying LAST preservative to new LPs. But the other day I was able to acquire a stack of new LPs, and I already know that "Musique a la cour de Prague" (Andre Charlin CL 39) will be played again and again for its sheer stunning realism.

Our CD gear is hardly ever even plugged in. When we do listen, though, we use a Krell Studio DAC and a Melos transport. Our analog gear is Linn/Graham/Transfiguration (that doesn't really matter anyway, does it?).

50% CD's and 50% MD

Sounds the best, what can I say.

I spent many years with the LP, and have always felt it the limiting factor in my system's performance. I can live without the record brushes, needle cleaners, anti-static guns, rice-paper liners, pops & ticks, warps, and all the rest of the b-llsh-t that accompanies record ownership.

My collection mainly consists of CDs, but if I could afford a really nice turntable then I'm sure it would be evenly split between CDs and LPs.

LPs are still wonderful to listen to, but CDs have much more dynamic range and realism.

Both should exist together in good neibghourhood. Greetings from Austria/Europe