Digital is far better than vinyl


I have invested a decent sum of money into my digital setup, including a decent streamer (Innuos Zenith MK3), a very good dac (Denafrips Terminator 2), Eno filter, and good cabling. But after being told by many here that vinyl is vastly superior to digital, I thought let’s build an analog system and see what all the fuss is about. So this is what I did ...

I picked up an Audio Technica TT from Amazon for around $299. I then used one of the older integrated amps with a built-in phono, which I believe I paid around $500 a few years ago. And, finally, just to even out the playing field I bought the cheapest possible cables from alibaba. Since I didn’t have extra rack space to put the TT on, I got a couple of bricks and built a DIY platform for it.

So after listening to the analog setup for a few days, I can proclaim without a shadow of doubt that digital is far, far superior than vinyl on any given day, and twice a day on Sunday.

What has been your experience? And please, don’t mention your gear or any special. cartridges, isolation, etc. Not interested in your system details. I just want to make sure you guys understand that digital is far, far superior than vinyl.

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Showing 6 responses by jerryg123

@arafiq some of us read the entire thread and do get it. Some just jump to conclusions (I did a little) and others just have poor comprehension skills.

 

Cheers and keep up the good work. 

This is actually quite humorous OP. 

So you spend 1/10th the budget that you used for your digital frontend and buy the cheapest shittiest analog components (self proclaimed in your post) and then make the blanket statement that Digital (that is converted to analog) is superior to analog. You did not even make an apples to apples comparison.  

Don't get me wrong I have more invested in my digital front end than you and a very nice analog FE unit and Analog nips out my digital by a fender.  

Your comparisons is like my daughter racing me in her 2020 Nissan Sentra and I am in my 1982 Buick Grand National. 

 

I picked up an Audio Technica TT from Amazon for around $299. I then used one of the older integrated amps with a built-in phono, which I believe I paid around $500 a few years ago. And, finally, just to even out the playing field I bought the cheapest possible cables from alibaba. Since I didn’t have extra rack space to put the TT on, I got a couple of bricks and built a DIY platform for it.

So after listening to the analog setup for a few days, I can proclaim without a shadow of doubt that digital is far, far superior than vinyl on any given day, and twice a day on Sunday.

I agree with you all, I still have my vinyl collection and a couple of TT but spend most of my time listening to digital. Who would have thought.