Hi Doug,
I sold my analog setup about 4 months ago. While it was a difficult decision, looking back I have no regrets. I was fortunate in that one person bought the whole set-up, turntable, arm, cartridges, and phono-preamp which made it nice. (he got a terrific deal I might add !) I still have my vinyl, which is the next step to sell. My reasoning for selling is that over the past year or so, I have listened to vinyl less and less, and even though I will be retiring soon, I'm just not into it as much any more. The real clincher for this decision was my purchase of a Innuos ZENith music-server in March. I had been using a lap-top with JRiver software for a few years and the music was really satisfying and extremely convenient. However, not quite enough for me to stop using some vinyl. The ZENith music-server changed all of that. The quality of the music from the server took a huge step up in quality, so much so that after about 2-months of listening to my favorite music, I couldn't see keeping my analog set-up. The convenience, flexibility, and now very high quality of the music was definitely convincing enough for me to decide to sell. Now I'm listening a lot more than I was even with the analog set-up and JRiver music-server combined, and enjoying it much more !
Your decision to eliminate analog from your sound-system is a personal one and not to be taken lightly. In my opinion, if you have a terrific digital source, and all the music you like can be found with it and the music services (I use Qobuz), then that would make your decision easier.
Good luck, Doug... John
I sold my analog setup about 4 months ago. While it was a difficult decision, looking back I have no regrets. I was fortunate in that one person bought the whole set-up, turntable, arm, cartridges, and phono-preamp which made it nice. (he got a terrific deal I might add !) I still have my vinyl, which is the next step to sell. My reasoning for selling is that over the past year or so, I have listened to vinyl less and less, and even though I will be retiring soon, I'm just not into it as much any more. The real clincher for this decision was my purchase of a Innuos ZENith music-server in March. I had been using a lap-top with JRiver software for a few years and the music was really satisfying and extremely convenient. However, not quite enough for me to stop using some vinyl. The ZENith music-server changed all of that. The quality of the music from the server took a huge step up in quality, so much so that after about 2-months of listening to my favorite music, I couldn't see keeping my analog set-up. The convenience, flexibility, and now very high quality of the music was definitely convincing enough for me to decide to sell. Now I'm listening a lot more than I was even with the analog set-up and JRiver music-server combined, and enjoying it much more !
Your decision to eliminate analog from your sound-system is a personal one and not to be taken lightly. In my opinion, if you have a terrific digital source, and all the music you like can be found with it and the music services (I use Qobuz), then that would make your decision easier.
Good luck, Doug... John