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Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player?

I’m looking into getting a second source as I don’t want to be tied down to internet and a streaming service as my only source.  Will a $700 turntable and inexpensive phono preamp out perform a Cambridge CXC transport / Schiit Gungir Multibit?  
The Schiit Sol / mani preamp look enticing but I know nothing about turntables.

I used to dj and always used technics Sl1200’s and really liked them.  I can pick up a nice SL1200 mk3 used for $600...

I figure that before I start spending hundreds, possibly thousands, on cd’s or vinyl, I should be sure which format I want!

Thanks for any advice / input regarding this 😁

Best Regards,
Bruce
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chakster
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Everything is online, sometime more expensive, but almost everything can be found. Discogs is the source and with PayPal buyers protection full refund guaranteed if there is something wrong with condition. Reputable sellers do not overgrade the records normally, check the feedbacks on discogs before buying.  
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bkeske
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Many turntables will outperform a CD player if natural SQ is desired. That’s all folks.
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mitch4t
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Get yourself a CD player and move on.
If you're not already established in vinyl and $700 is your budget...CD is the way to go.  Excellent sound, more available music and way more bang for your buck.

I own two turntables and around 4k vinyl albums....but I'm 66 years old and already knee-deep in this hobby for 5 decades.  If I were starting out today, I wouldn't give vinyl the time of day.  I'd concentrate on tightening up my digital game.
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gasbose
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Ah little grasshopper - the three-fold embeddings are the path to truth and Nirvana; All else is Maya, which some call illusion).  Even as the holy Trinity guides our steps and the three Margas - righteously followed - lead to Moksha. While the 3-in-1 icecream satisfies the cravings of the mortal coil...

Come on Mahgister - HELP!
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mahgister
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You are very good in sarcasm....can you really think also?

The 3 embeddings is not a dogma, it is an expression, a designation of 3 elementary task to upgrade any audio system.... That gives more change in S.Q. than anything else almost....

Vibrations-resonance problem...

Electrical grid noise level controls....

Acoustical field of the room transforming by passive and active methods....

Amen....

By the way i sell nothing, buy nothing, and do it with cheap material or very low cost electronic components by myself....

Who is deluded then?


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