Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it

Oh, another thing. You can also record all those alternate masters/remasters/remixes/out-of-prints/etc onto CD to archive them and remove pops, ticks, hiss, etc, if you like as well. So you can have the best of both worlds... The only downside IMO is you have to pay to play.

Michael,

If you want access to out of print albums, remixes, remasters, rereleases not available anywhere else, plus access to masters that have not been overcompressed and clipped to death, then you are doing the right thing...

If you are not interested in any of those things then stick with the digital formats, because you end up paying a high premium for good TT equipment and new albums.

I decided to go back to vinyl for the reasons listed above, and while it is expensive, I'm extremely satisfied now that I have learned to accept that there will sometimes be slight imperfections in the vinyl that are not worth returning an entire album over. "Good" online stores will let you exchange vinyl within reason. This is so they can continue to stay in business. I have found their terms to be reasonable enough to make me satisfied with my decision to indulge in vinyl again.

Sorry !!! Can,t talk you out of it . I myself beleive that vynil is far superior in sound reproduction than bits and bytes . Digital hype is what one member stated . I have to think that how is it people will spend insane amounts of money on players and transports and dacs and what do all theses expensive units share in common ? The claim that they don,t sound digital at all but are anologue bliss . Technology thats so good it is made to mimic something that people beleive is inferior ? A technology thats so good not even the manufacturers can make up their minds for you on the format they will use .Technology that they still have not got right in over 25 years. In my experience with others that I know who ventured back into vynil the one thing that so few know how or have done is to have the table and arm properly set up . As far as the noise that others complain about , anyone who hears vynil in my home always comments on how dead quiet it is and how much better it sounds than their expensive digital players . It does not have to be overly expensive gear , simply set up properly . I have good digital gear also but for me like most its the user friendly aspect of it, pushing play and walking away . When I want to sit down and truly enjoy the MUSIC vynil rules that domain for me IMHO . I will admit I have bought albums I have been dissappointed in how poorly they were recorded but I will also state that I have had just as many experiences with poorly recorded cd's . Quality gear will not make something sound better it will only reproduce what is there and nothing else be it vynil or digital . Now ignore everything I have said and think as well as all others beleive because in the end it is your opinion and tastes that matter to you ! Cheers.

I would disregard most of the above advice! Spinning vinyl is a contegious illness... a money grabbing pursuit... a time consuming folley RUN.. RUN.. RUN.. away as fast as you can. Please do not enter one of the many used record stores, do not buy that new state of the art T.T. do not demo any of the many phono pre amps and especially avoid the thought of buying one of thoes high end phono cart's.... Instead please come over a buy one of my many CD players that I find that I seldom use, you see I did not heed my own advice and now spend most of my time listening to vinyl.