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I propably listen to more vinyl than CD. Just love that vinyl sound on a good TT, It just sound more like music!!!
Downloads are taking off and it has been 25 years since CD was launched, yet audiophile demand for turntables and vinyl continues unabated. When did you last spin a record?
I got rid of my vinyl in 1990, believing the lie of "perfect sound forever." Three years ago, I started buying it all back. If there's a choice (not often,) I will buy new music on vinyl rather than CD. I now have three turntables, and the thrust of the development of my systems is analog.
I actually just got into vinyl and am extremely glad I did. Just look at all the great Jazz that is being reissued new on vinyl. Look at all the great Rock that you get for a song at used vinyl shops. I just wish I had taken the vinyl plunge earlier.
While I do own both a CD player and a turntable and enjoy both, my preference is vinyl and I receive far more satisfaction and pleasure from it. However, during any given listening session, at home, I always follow one rule ... I never mix the two. During the listening session, I either listen to CDs or vinyl. One or the other and never both. Otherwise listening to vinyl tends to spoil CD listening. Thus, I never mix the two.
My ratio of listening to vinyl to CD is now roughly 20-1. The CD player sees rare action indeed. The vinyl set-up, however, is so enjoyable that I'm now sleep-deprived as I can't stand to stop listening early. FWIW: My setup is distinctly mid-fi. Systemdek IIX with an Origin Live modded RB-250 arm; cartridge is a Reson Reca. The TT is mounted on Neuance support shelf, which itself sits on a Sound Organization wall shelf. CD player is a Cambridge Audio CD4SE. The amp is a Linn Intek integrated; speakers are JSE Infinite Slope 1.8As.
I was just listening the Beethoven's Missa Solemnis By Von Karajan. The violin solo introducing the Bendictus has a sweetness on vinyl that I have yet achieve on a CD. As I write you I am listening to a secondary system for the Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings; music I would not have if cd's were not available. Maybe digital will be improved by upgrading my system. So newer equipment sounds closer to the real thing. About 75% of my software is vinyl.