When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?

Jollytinker

Don’t know if you read it but if you can get a copy of the latest Stereophile you might want to read the first paragraph of Analog Corner by Michael Fremer to see just how heated this debate between analog and digital can get.

To answer your "why" I would only say there is nothing rational that could remotely answer that, as there is no clear answer for the political division in our country other than one simple thing to my mind, we have a tendency to talk past each other rather than to each other.

Looking for a digital solution that won't drop the sound quality drastically from my vinyl setup but listening to the LPs last night I am simply mesmerized by the sound quality- the soundstage, the flow of the music, the character of the sound.  I play a CD and it sounds un-natural and like someone is putting on the brakes after notes- no flow at all- stop start stop start....
I'm interested in the Sony ES server but from what I have read it uses some upscaling engine. That seems like processing / coloration although the times I have heard it I have liked it.  I still believe it will not sound as good as playing an LP though- but a trade off for convenience.  

The key to analog like sound with digital gear is to use a Non oversampling DAC like a Audio Note , Metrum , La scala , or Shitt multi bit . The other word of caution is that USB is a problem if not implemented right . The three keys to great digital are NOS DAC , clean power and the quality of the clock .    

@tubegroover thanks for your answer, that makes a lot of sense. In hindsight I thought my post was a bit shrill and I even considered deleting it.  But you have it right - it sort of goes with the territory, and the lack of "hearing" in our society can certainly be found on all sides.  

I've ALWAYS known vinyl was better than shellac. Didn't you?  Yes even through the dark days before 1878.