If you like vinyl better, great. 
If you like digital better, great.
I've run both formats for decades, each has advantages, and disadvantages.

I learned that to do any format well, so it sounds like music, takes a lot of knowledge, experience, and a considerable financial investment ( hardware and software).

Q. So who has the best sounding system? 
A. Generally, the person who chooses to focus on just one of these formats, does it the best they can, and spends the rest of their $$$ for preamps/amps/speakers rather than running both digital and analog front ends. Unless, you have a huge budget, then of  course, do both as you please.

There is more music out there in either format than I can listen to in a lifetime. Choose one and do it with the best implementation you can and you'll be happy, maybe!


It still boils down to preference. Personally, I gave up vinyl 30 years ago and would never go back. To me vinyl is too inconvenient. Even if it does sound better, which is a contentious debate, It has too many negatives for me. I have 4 systems so I would need 4 turntables, I have 3000 Cd's. 3000 Lp's would would take up too much real estate in my home, pops & clicks drive me crazy, inner groove  distortion, Lp's & subwoofers don't place nice with each other. Lp's are too sensitive to floor construction. Lp's need to cleaned all the time. Turntables are a pain to setup properly. Warped records drive me crazy. Even though Lp's have all these negatives to me, I would never it say vinyl sucks because it gives some people great musical pleasure.
Its all about the music no matter the format . The format that makes you enjoy the music most is the one for you

Me ? I can enjoy whatever medium...be it cd , streaming or viniyl . ITS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC.
I find his reviews borderline unwatchable for some reason.

Actually there are 2 reasons coming to mind:
-He reviews stuff I do not care much about
-He face, speaking voice and presence makes me want to box his ears.


a physicist and record producer/engineer of note named tom dowd, a guy way smarter than me, didn't have many good things to say about phonographic recording and playback.