DIGITAL vs. ANALOG

HI GUYS! THANKS A LOT ALL OF YOU, IT'S VERY NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE SO HELPFUL LIKE YOU HERE. I APPRECIATE A LOT ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND ADVISES. THANKS AGAIN!!

Ok guys,here is what I base my opinion on.All I got is a VPIjr,A Rega 300 arm,A Glider.(around 2grand new) Now I have seen this setup used, here, for 800.I'm not tring to say the classifieds are full of this combo.I did have mine "tricked" out.You loose the lame tone arm wire/din-a three piece affair w/ plastic connectors.Now one piece Cardas/straight back to the cartridge,into a cardas termination bloc,xlo3.1 phono cable.Ok,you get the tt pieces first do the other stuff later;I did...Wanna hear what digital it KILLS? Theta Data3,Gen 5a(mine and nearly 10 grand new)I got many duplicates cd/vinyl A buddy brought over his mo fiGold cd DSOM,was sure it would eat my vinyl mo fi version. should have seen his face.

Elgordo... you fat! ;-) I agree with the hamburger/steak analogy.

I also concur that less expensive analog rig will blow the doors off 1 grand CD players. As an extreme example, I've heard older, modestly priced & tweaked, tt's that KILL CD front ends at the $1,000 price point and more. Case in point: heard a friend's Thorens TD160 Super, AQ PT5 arm, Blue Point, AQ Big Feet all the way around, AQ Sorbathene platter mat, Mod Squad cable adapter. You can buy a tt like this for way less than $500 today and still stomp the donkey snot out of $1,000+ CD players. And this is the budget, low end of the spectrum. Spend a little more and get exponentially better sound than CD.

That said, I am between tt's for the time being and, as much as I am an analog man, I've adapted to CD's and have to say that I enjoy the convenience factor. There are lots of albums that I don't like to listen to from beginning to end and, frankly, CD's are a whole lot easier. Yeah, if I did this with a tt I would be able to crack walnuts on my ass from the jumping up and down -- as much as the wife would like that, I'm pretty content pushing the button with one hand and trying not to spill the Sierra Nevada with the other.

Now, THAT SAID, once I finish sorting out (and paying for) my new subs, cables and IC's I will be jumping on a sweet deal for a VPI TNT with JMW arm. Like Muddy Waters said: "I'm Ready..."!