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Rediscovering records

I have a large collection of records (about 2000-3000) but  culled about 200-300 to play over and over again through the years.  I picked the best sounding ones when I had a mediocre analog setup because I thought most of the collection sounded poor. Some time ago I did a major upgrade to my record playing system (about $8000 worth) but still listened to the few hundred exclusively. Just recently I started to listen to the rest of the collection and discovered to my delight that most sounded wonderful.  The better equipment changed my listening habits dramatically.

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ckr1969
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vinyl anyday over streaming, enjoy

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ghdprentice
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Congratulations. Yes, that has happened to me more than once as well! 

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oddiofyl
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Nice !   I sold my table 10 or 12 years ago.  Fortunately I kept my records and dove back in during Covid.    I have been playing  a ton of LPs lately.   

Generally speaking my digital playback sounds pretty good, but there's something about how a really good LP can sound.  I have a number of records that sound so much better than their CD counterpart that they beg to be listened to. 

I have done a lot of CD, Stream, LP comparisons and it got me thinking that  my digital side can't get much better without spending big $$$ and that maybe I should upgrade my table.   And  eventually cartridge. 

I just traded up a few models in the Sota line and should be getting my new table next week.  

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