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You should give a column to Arthur Salvatore.

Duh.........

I'm debating between the "just about right" vs "bit too much" in regards to vinyl product reviews. At home, I'm contemplating whether or not to scrap my home turntable and old albums. Over the past several months I've copied my favorite albums to CD with superb results. The CDs seem to capture all that I love about vinyl sound. It will take me several more months to complete my transfers from vinyl to digital. But after that, I may scrap vinyl for good.

Sorry, true analog lover. Still don't think much of CD and SACD.

If the general public knew how good a modern analog set-up really sounds, I think that there would be even more enthusiasm for the format than there is right now. It's up to magazines like Stereophile to inform the public that there really is something better than MP3 over computer speakers.

I recently purchased a Rega P3 turntable with a Dynavector DV-10X5 cartridge mounted to the tonearm. Wow...such a glorious presence of sound! I can only imagin e later on when I can afford a better set-up. I am just starting to enter the "audiophile world." I know one thing though...my rig will definitely feature a turntable gracing the top of my rack from now on!

Oh yes, more, please! I need more of yesterdays vinyl technology like I need a hair shirt. Time keeps marching ahead, but if we try really hard and click our heals, we can turn back the clock. Vinyl is a forgotten technology to the vast, vast majority. But the dead enders (us audio twinkies) will fight and argue about it 'til hell freezes over. I'm old enough to have a record collection, still. Yet, keeping the vinyl discs in shape and all the tweeking is a pain in the ass. It was years ago and still is. Move on, for crying out loud!

Hardware reviews are enough. However, Stereophile should publish more reviews of vinyl and should publish Atkinsons

If I say I'd like to see more, that's not to criticize the amount of coverage that Stereophile devotes to vinyl. When I turn the pages of a new issue and see a review of a CD player I say to myself, "That's nice; another CD player." But when the next page reveals a review of a record player, or cartridge, or arm, I say to myself, "Ah, good! What have we here?" and my excitement rises. In my own listening habits, I listen to my share of non-analogue playback, but I find myself more involved in the music when it's coming from vinyl at thirty-three and a third rpm. Perhaps it starts with the more involved, hands-on ritual of setting up the record for playback. In comparison, dropping the shiny 5" disc in the tray and pressing the play button makes CDs more convenient, but it also makes the music seem more like a commodity, easily interchangeable. I'm exaggerating to make the point that digital can be ho-hum, but everything about the vinyl medium is interesting, even its flaws.

more high-efficiency speakers, more SETs, more DIY audio (can you say "Phil Seig--Adventures along the wire route"--what a great albeit short-lived series that was)

How about a MONO corner or 78 corner here and there? You have a great magazine. I am a long time subscriber who has renewed for 2 more years.

Vinyl is alive and well. You should encourage readers to experience all high quality forms of music playback. Especialy since LP's and their technology are so simple compared to all other forms of playback. You can set up a turntable, align it and play music without any special tools or training. And they sound great!

Vinyl is still the best source and your publication (above all) should reflect that.

It is two-channel analog that draws me to your magazine.The more you drift from that, the less I will read your publication!

With the vinyl revival out there, I sure think you should.

I feel you do a good job covering analog, and I would be happy to see more. Vinyl playback is my passion. According to Webster

Please do. I have an $8k budget over the next five years for new sources and only 10% will be going into a universal disc player. That's all the money the digital industry is getting from me until they get the format issues settled. Give Fremer and Dudley more space to help me spend the other 90% wisely.

How many times do you need to upgrade your cartridge, just to listen to the same old LPs? Will they really sound **that** much better after you do that for the Nth time? Freeze at systen (N - 1), and spend your money on other components that will be used for CDs as well as for vinyl!

Far from being a dead format, vinyl is alive and well. A lot of mainstream and more underground bands are still releasing albums on vinyl. A lot of audiophiles are convinced that records are still the superior sound format, offering a more intimtate less cold sound than CDs.

and please list country of origin on all equipment reviewed. also put plastic wrap back on magazine thru mail.

Analog is real; digital is merely a representation of reality.

Looks like SACD and DVD-A are dead in the water, sadly. However, there's still plenty of good vinyl hitting the stores every month. It's our only true hi-fi format.

Until the "batlle/struggle" between SACD/DVD A etc. settles vynil is the only high rez format we can rely on i.e. enough software to enjoy

It's the year 2004. Let's live in the present and future, shall we?

I realize that good and affordable may be an oxymoron, however, reviewing items that mere mortals can afford is the important thing. $70k TTs may be nice to read about, but they don't have much to do with the real world. In my rig, vinyl simply sounds better than CD. At least half of my audio buddies feel the same. Some of them are trying to catch up on the vinyl. Lucky for me I didn't sell my vinyl in the early CD days. I bought it from those "nuts" who replaced their vinyl with "perfect sound forever."

Actually, I think Stereophile is an Oasis for vinyl playback enthusiasts - but with their expertise, more would be very welcome

No no no -- it's way way too too much already...

I always read MF's column first! I have a substantial collection of vinyl, though all I buy nowadays is CD's. An I have a fine turntable!

Please cover vinyl original pressing of : Decca, Living Stereo, Mercury

A little ok. but most of us have no interest due to lack of new software