CD's or Vinyl?

Hello goodlistening64,

Glad to help.  Here are my go to sources;

http://www.musicdirect.com

http://www.audiosource.com

I also go directly to the record companies that select/sign the artists

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com

http://www.bluenote.com

Enjoy the music.

LPs are cool

CDs are not

I stream

@laoman  When you say Vinyl sounds more like live music, you must be equating all the pops and clicks on vinyl to the coughing and hacking you can't avoid hearing at a live show?  On that basis. I must agree, Vinyl does sound more like live music. 🤣

@bigtwin 
Pops and crackle? You have a poor analogue system and do not look after your LPs? Well that is your problem.
As I stated in this thread, Until recently I attended usually 2 concerts, often more a week. In addition because of my circumstances I got to hear and compare a large number of classically trained singers live and in recordings, sometimes in the same venue on the same night.
Nearly all artists preferred the sound of vinyl to other sources as it is far closer to the live performance and does not have the digital "glare" of CDs. Streaming is a distant third source. I guess if people listen to pop music this does not matter much.

I listen to LPs more than CDs, but most of the time I stream, preferably higher-res files from Qobuz.  Only very good records can surpass the quality of well-mastered, high-res files, and it does take time to keep clean records clean, but I'm OCD enough that I don't mind destaticizing the LP, cleaning it and the stylus.

With a good R2R DAC and transport, I imagine CDs could generally be quite satisfactory, especially if you don't like the fuss of maintaining vinyl.