@mulveling
Are you aware that you are most likely listening to a digital recording thru your vinyl ? 95% of all vinyl pressed after the 90s is digitally recorded first.
But good if you are enjoying your sound. I personally moved from a Linn Sondek with an MM Nagaoka MP500 cartridge to digital and never looked back.
@cakyol
Yes, of course I realize much vinyl is digitally mastered. But there you go - many 70s and earlier recordings DO tend to sound better (at their best, simply sublime to me). The 80s has some rough sounding vinyl, but it’s not like the CDs didn’t have massive problems too. I still enjoy vinyl more overall, even from the 80s to modern era. The main problem I have is the expense or nonexistence of good material from the 90s to early 2000s on vinyl.
I’m OK with digitally sourced/mastered vinyl. It can still sound really good. Don’t know why that doesn’t extend for me to digital media, and don’t really care anymore. I’ve tried enough over the years and settled on what works for me too.
I still occasionally like listening to vinyl too but what I realized eventually (came to admit to myself) is that I like ’watching’ it more than actually listening to it. There is something nostalgic and nice about watching a nice sophisticated tonearm gliding on vinyl. But for me, the sound does not even come close.
I listen to vinyl in the dark a lot, so that must not be a factor for me.
I’m glad you enjoy your digital more. I certainly DON’T want to convert anyone from digital to analog. Good vintage vinyl is already expensive enough!
