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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report

I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.

This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".

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Roxy Music Avalon.
Steely Dan The Royal Scam.
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Hi @milpai - 

Hard to go wrong with a Steely Dan album but for me Royal Scam is probably the one I listen to the most.  The vinyl I had was so-so...kinda flat. Not much "air".  The remastered CD I got recently (it's not a new release, however) - as much as I'm not typically a big fan of remasters - sounds pretty good.  Better detail than the vinyl and not excessively harsh.  I'd like to find an SACD version of TRS if one exists.  Thanks for contributing.
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Hi ghosthouse,
I agree. It is a very nice album. Still kind of "growing" on me. In fact, 2 years back I collected most of Steely Dan albums. I like their music. I do not own a single LP, so I have to admit that I have not done any comparison between the LP and CD.

BTW, I ended last night's session with Dar William's "Mortal City" album.
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@milpai - just curious...when you say, "I do not own a single LP....".  Do you mean by the Dan or across the board?  You won't get any criticism from me...just curious.   Around here, "No LPs" would certainly be a minority position...though we often like the minority viewpoint.  Most of the vinyl I have is stuff I've been carting around for 40 years or so.  Buy vinyl only rarely nowadays...sometimes old stuff as the spirit moves; hardly anything at all of the new, so-called audiophile vinyl reissues.  I take a pretty cynical view of most of that activity (along with the so-called vinyl resurgence) - just another way to shake $ out of people's pockets and rejuvenate back catalog sales (in my O-pinion, of course).
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ghosthouse,
I do not own any LP. Though I have, in the past, listened to LPs, I never actually wanted to own them because of the cost and the maintenance of the gear associated with them. I would rather spend time to listen to music, especially with 2 growing kids. I am happy with my CDs and very recently streaming music via bluetooth. So yes, I am in minority position w.r.t. most of the audiophiles here. I agree with your point on the "resurgence". And I almost forgot to mention this - the only "reissue" I purchased after owning the CDs were Steely Dan's Gaucho (regular SACD) and Aja (Japanese SHM-SACD), because I liked that music so much. Totally worth the $s I spent.
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