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Vinyl lovers I must be crazy

I have been in the hobby for about 40 years and it seems that I enjoyed my simple system back in the 70's more than my high end system of today. My old system consisted of a receiver (sherwood, marantz) a basic turntable (later upgraded ro a B&O) and various speakers. My current system the cables cost 5 times the entire 70's system and the rest of the gear is top notch. I am not saying the 1970's system was better but I think I enjoyed it much better than today's system. The 70's system was a all vinyl system and my current system I strictly listen to Cd's. Is that the problem listening to CD's? For you vinyl lovers what do you think? For those that made the switch back to playing records are you listening more now? Enjoying your system more? What type of vinyl dollar outlay did it cost to reach vinyl nirvana?

Any feedback would be appreicated. Thanks!
bobheinatz

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macdadtexas
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Buy some used vinyl gear on A'gon that you could turn around and sell if necessary, buy some new vinyl, and see if you find the magic again.

I did. Very light now on digital.

First thing I bought that changed my thinking was a Clearaudio Performance table, and a simple Sumiko Blackbird cartridge.

It was magic.
macdadtexas
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I don't get many, if any, pops and clicks on my vinyl. The table does have to be set up correctly, and the records clean, but, then you don't get the digital glare that you do from CD's that have only a fraction of the information that the vinyl does.

No "sample rate" on vinyl. If it was an analog recording, you get it all, and if it was a digital recording, you get more of it than the 44.1 sample rate of CD. HiRez files can get pretty darn close through a good DAC, or a very good SACD. Otherwise, no contest.
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