Wasn't a conversion, but a reawakening. 20 or so years ago, I couldn't believe how good a $500 manual turntable improved the sound over a more expensive one I had that broke. Told my brother in law about it who still had his college system with bookshelf speakers and he bought the same one and couldn't believe it.
Then it was amps replacing a receiver, then a 4 component CD system (since disconnected), then speakers. I think that is when he inherited a nice chunk of change and kept upgrading piece by piece many times over and down a rabbit hole and thinks he knows more than me because he spends WAY more. Wouldn't keep his records vertical until he built a custom record shelf built into the wall. Doesn't own a record brush and doesn't take the lint off when he plays them, but bought a top of the line record cleaning machine. Doesn't own a power conditioner, but paid to have an electrician put his system on its own separate power feed.
Says he wants to keep things simple and then buys tubes because he hears they sound better but has issues with them and the heat they create because of the room ventilation (his office) so he had to put a fan in (also because he used to smoke cigars in there - my sister won that battle and I haven't smelled a cigar for a long time). Talk about ruining the sound....
Anyway, after this experience, I just try to tell people that vinyl sounds better, but you may be limited by selection so you should at least have it as an option, but people with no records are hard to convince, especially the youngsters who never knew life without an iPod. It is making a comeback because vinyl and record players are "in style" which I guess is good if creates some new audiophiles.
I don't like it when people say they want "the best" because there is no best and there are always qualifiers. Sometimes people with a ton of cash forget that, and usually they don't really care enough about it to LISTEN and do some research before they buy.
Then it was amps replacing a receiver, then a 4 component CD system (since disconnected), then speakers. I think that is when he inherited a nice chunk of change and kept upgrading piece by piece many times over and down a rabbit hole and thinks he knows more than me because he spends WAY more. Wouldn't keep his records vertical until he built a custom record shelf built into the wall. Doesn't own a record brush and doesn't take the lint off when he plays them, but bought a top of the line record cleaning machine. Doesn't own a power conditioner, but paid to have an electrician put his system on its own separate power feed.
Says he wants to keep things simple and then buys tubes because he hears they sound better but has issues with them and the heat they create because of the room ventilation (his office) so he had to put a fan in (also because he used to smoke cigars in there - my sister won that battle and I haven't smelled a cigar for a long time). Talk about ruining the sound....
Anyway, after this experience, I just try to tell people that vinyl sounds better, but you may be limited by selection so you should at least have it as an option, but people with no records are hard to convince, especially the youngsters who never knew life without an iPod. It is making a comeback because vinyl and record players are "in style" which I guess is good if creates some new audiophiles.
I don't like it when people say they want "the best" because there is no best and there are always qualifiers. Sometimes people with a ton of cash forget that, and usually they don't really care enough about it to LISTEN and do some research before they buy.