Frail and Bedazzled

@troutki50 - Let that strawman burn.  Why not just enjoy the music irrespective of the source media?

Just sit back, and enjoy your stack....;)

Merry Post-Christmas and Happy Pre-New Year, Y'all.

troutki50 - Let that strawman burn. Why not just enjoy the music irrespective of the source media?

Yup, like I said. Its like two flavors of ice cream. That said, really happy to finally be listening to my vinyl collection again. (I never stopped buying even though I didn't have a setup. Ha!)

I still listen to my vinyl and enjoy it even more now with a restored Dual 1249 table and higher end Grado cartridge which I purchased separately this year. My solid state pre-amp has a mono switch and is pretty amazing when I play a mono record from the mid sixties vintage. It sounds really good, hard to believe it is mono. If I play a master recording in stereo it is the best sound there is. I like my digital setup for what it is. I don't have the money to upgrade it to the tube level yet. Merry Christmas everyone. Hope next near is better than this one!

I haven't listened to digital since I got my new table and phone stage - probaly 3 months now.  My digital rig is an esoteric K-03 and an Aurender N-10 which sound incredible but I recently upgraded my vinyl rig to a JR TRanrotor Rodino, SME 5012 and an Allnic H-3000 Phono Stage and just can't go back to digital.  The vinyl is just INSANELY good.