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 1 response by oddiofyl

I sold my Rega 3 ten years ago.  I kept some records, many still in wrapper or played only a handful of times

The Rega and Thorens I had were decent tables but nothing on the level that would compare  to today’s digital .   
 

I started playing digital files through my OPPO , from there I got  Bluesound Vault , and then finally an Aurender N200 

The OPPO showed that digital can sound pretty good , the Vault proved that it could sound good and have a slick GUI

The Aurender with my current DAC sounds incredible, I was thinking about getting back into vinyl but the cash outlay to even come close would be a lot