So, I'm an old guy with a 1,000 albums of some of my favorite music. Albums I've gone around the world to buy. Russian albums I can't even read. I have also bought several copies of certain albums to find the one that is right. I must admit, it's a kind of religion to me now. Getting up out of my chair to turn over the record. (You're not supposed to sit for more than a half hour without getting up.)
I don't doubt that at some level a quality $$$$ digital front end might rival analogue. Rival in the sense that it would sound as good on its own terms. Maybe I am hanging onto the old Dodger Dog (the new ones are dreck) sitting in the bleachers in the days of Sandy Kofax. At my age, do I really want to give up my few nostalgias?

