I think I’ve had a dozen different turntables in my past and have an album collection of 40 years. I just sold my Hanss T-60 tt and everything associated with it except for my albums, which I’m selling now. Just because you buy an album doesn’t mean it will sound good. Some of the best music and most of the worst sounding music comes from analog from a tt. It boils down to recordings.
During the past several years in the form of hires/SACD/DSD/MQA, I prefer digital the majority of the time. Also, the latest dacs are far superior to dacs of just a few years ago.
A lot of vinyl people state they prefer vinyl to digital because they can look at the album liner notes while listening. Have any of these people looked at or used Roon? Probably not. Roon gives you much more info and at the same time gives me current updates on the artist and current tour stops.
The old digital used to be very harsh and it still is if not played on decent equipment. Digital will always be more quiet and have more dynamic range over albums.
The biggest vinyl drawbacks for me were:
Most albums are from the past, most of the newer (last 20 years) jazz and rock artists I listen to don’t produce vinyl,
albums are noisy over time, it costs substantially more to get great sound out of vinyl, and the hassle of the maintenance.
The best sound I have heard from vinyl have come from good quality mono pressings, much better sounding than their stereo pressings
During the past several years in the form of hires/SACD/DSD/MQA, I prefer digital the majority of the time. Also, the latest dacs are far superior to dacs of just a few years ago.
A lot of vinyl people state they prefer vinyl to digital because they can look at the album liner notes while listening. Have any of these people looked at or used Roon? Probably not. Roon gives you much more info and at the same time gives me current updates on the artist and current tour stops.
The old digital used to be very harsh and it still is if not played on decent equipment. Digital will always be more quiet and have more dynamic range over albums.
The biggest vinyl drawbacks for me were:
Most albums are from the past, most of the newer (last 20 years) jazz and rock artists I listen to don’t produce vinyl,
albums are noisy over time, it costs substantially more to get great sound out of vinyl, and the hassle of the maintenance.
The best sound I have heard from vinyl have come from good quality mono pressings, much better sounding than their stereo pressings