Rockvirgo, I agree with your post up to the last sentence. I think the format war has much more with those who see audio as a hobby, and those who want to spend their time listening to music. Playing CD's isn't much of a technical challenge. Buy a good CD player, tune your system once, and you're done. But the challenge of selecting matching analog components, learning how to tune these components and keeping them in tune, then finding quality LP's that you want to hear and to play is a daunting one that can consume a huge amount of time. Now thats a hobby! Either format can produce excellent results, and each format has some huge warts on is its nose you have to be able to look past if you are going to enjoy it. As much as I love good LP's I've given up trying to find new one's - there is just too much new stuff on CD's to explore.
Pardales, I think in the 2000 to 3000 range either format should be giving you a good return for your money.
Pardales, I think in the 2000 to 3000 range either format should be giving you a good return for your money.