I decided to sell off my analog rig a few years ago when I realized that pretty much everything had been digitalized. Let’s just say I’m not a vinylista and leave it at that. I’ve made plenty of posts on Agon through the year about this preference and don’t wish to reignite it here. I have discovered a few albums that were old favorites which are not available and are in a nearby resale shop ( Joshua Rifkin’s Scott Joplin series, some Bach from Karl Ristenpart—in general it seems the Nonesuch catalog is in a state of limbo), and hey, as long as I’m being gifted a tt, and still have Pro-Ject phono amp, what the heck.
I have no wish to accumulate lps. My wife and I are also downsizing in anticipation of moving when we retire and I am in the midst of transferring a few thousand CDs to the Melco. When I gave away a few crates of lps a few years ago my wife’s relief was palpable. So if I few digitalize a few lps that are on 50 year old vinyl that were less than stellar lps back in the day I don’t think I have to turn in my audiophile badge.
Also I like the challenge of getting decent sound out of budget components. Sure I could read Michael Fremer and dip in the 401 K and buy a $200K turntable but if I’m willing to accept the financial hit
then what’s the challenge there? Trying to resurrect an ancient tt and pair with the right budget cartridge to get something that sounds listenable is a different kind of task than deciding between
which Uber priced components to play with
I have no wish to accumulate lps. My wife and I are also downsizing in anticipation of moving when we retire and I am in the midst of transferring a few thousand CDs to the Melco. When I gave away a few crates of lps a few years ago my wife’s relief was palpable. So if I few digitalize a few lps that are on 50 year old vinyl that were less than stellar lps back in the day I don’t think I have to turn in my audiophile badge.
Also I like the challenge of getting decent sound out of budget components. Sure I could read Michael Fremer and dip in the 401 K and buy a $200K turntable but if I’m willing to accept the financial hit
then what’s the challenge there? Trying to resurrect an ancient tt and pair with the right budget cartridge to get something that sounds listenable is a different kind of task than deciding between
which Uber priced components to play with