Not as much activity on analog here

++Chayro.

THere is some truth to what Downunder said also, although if you get it right these days, the need to chase the latest and greatest becomes more debatable. Still, I hope I am around still to see where digital is say 10-20 years from now. Lots of innovation, lots of new products, lots of new features, potential for even better sound, if needed.

"LP will always sound best if you have a very good turntable."

Not true. I already have many CDs ripped to my music server that sound as good or better than lp copies. Its very much a case by case things these days I think. Either might win in any particular case for comparison. There is much more to it than just the format.

I have spent a lot of time and a reasonable amount of money getting my setup to where I wanted it to be in recent years.

I started off getting my vinyl tuned in. That helped establish an in-house reference. Then I focused on digital.

Once I had both pretty much hitting the target, then I did a few common enhancements from there, mostly with amplification and tweaking. Now they both sound similarly really really good. Digital gets 90% of of my listening time these days though because of the convenience and flexibility and that is best for expanding ones library with new music. Vinyl is still good for expanding the library with older music, especially when good quality vinyl is found for dirt cheap at Goodwill.

The simple fact is that if you own LPs, the best way to hear them is on a turntable. Nothing else will play them. If you don't own LPs you don't need a turntable, unless you just want one because they're sort of cool to look at, and you can spin things around on them...

Lots of lps still out there to play. Plus a lot of it comes dirt cheap if you look in teh right places. A good omen for the continued presence of vinyl/analog source material. And yes, you need good stuff set up well in order to milk the most out of it. That's nothing new but still good news for high end audio. Good sounding digital continues to become more affordable. That's bad news for high end audio.