Not as much activity on analog here

I believe you are in for a surprise Syntax. You do know that most recording is done digitally now, don't you?

Rockitman, you're listening to the wrong music.

The majority of music recorded from the fifties to the eighties was crap and the majority being recorded today is crap. There is a lot of good music being recorded today though, there always is. I personally enjoy spending my time searching out great music, new and old. There is more great music out there than one could possibly listen to.

I have no argument with people who prefer to spend their time tweaking their turntable to the max. That's just as legitimate a pursuit as anything I do. We can enjoy both analog and digital or one or the other. Whatever floats your boat.

Let me just add that cd, through reissues, compilations, box sets , etc, has given me access to everything from women blues shouters from the twenties, to all kinds of prewar blues and country, to everything that Hank Williams ever recorded, to Louis Jordan's jump blues, to fifties jazz, rockabilly and R&B, and on and on. I never could have collected all this stuff on Lp. Most developments have an upside and a downside.

I apologize to the thread. I didn't mean to turn this into another analog vs digital argument. When discussing this stuff I think we need to remember that we are talking about personal preference. All our ears and brains hear differently, and you also have the huge factor of personal taste.

So I'll just say that I'm sure that Syntax's and Rockitman's systems sound great and let you get back to discussing the lack of posts on analog matters.

Rockitman, Please point out where I said anything negative about vinyl or you said anything positive about digital.
From your 1st post,

One problem...the bulk of the music engineered in digital just plain sucks.

From your 2nd post,

Digital is the primary problem.

I own a few hundred Lps and Charles1dad also said that he owns a lot of Lps.

My point about you listening to the wrong music was not about analog vs digital. This was in reference to your statement,
"Music mastered in analog from the 50's-80's.... Music that really matters sounds best in analog form....tape or vinyl."

which sounded to me like you were saying that music that was not recorded between the fifties and eighties is not "music that really matters".

What I meant was that if you haven't heard any good music that was recorded after 1989, then you're listening to the wrong music, because a lot of good music has been recorded in the last 25 years. Does anyone disagree with that statement?

Here is a quote from my 1st reply to you,

I have no argument with people who prefer to spend their time tweaking their turntable to the max. That's just as legitimate a pursuit as anything I do. We can enjoy both analog and digital or one or the other. Whatever floats your boat.

So let's see the quotes where I or Charles1dad said anything negative about vinyl.