I wonder if this preference has any correlation between the type of audio gear we listen to (Tubes- solid state and digital- analogue). Purest versus the practical.
FWIW... Although I use charcoal only, I don't have a turntable (yet).
My barbequing technique is a hyrbid. I have a Weber gas grill with a hard wood adapter that takes the place of about one quarter of the grill surface. The adapter is essentially a rectangular box with perforations on the bottom to allow access for the fire and the top has a hinged lid for loading in the hardwood. All of the walls of the adapter have numerous holes to allow the smoke to escape. You get hardwood/charcoal taste with the convenience of a gas grill.
My system is entirely solid state and I do not yet own a turntable.
It's Weber charcoal grill/Chimney lighter/soy ink newspaper for me because it's "real" System is all tubed and analogue dedicated because it also is "real"
"Real" Charcoal, not those petroleum filled, machine made briquettes! I was at a friends and he had a Webber kettle that has a propane burner to start the charcoal. That was pretty neat and not expensive.
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