Yes, vinyl is tricky to setup.
There are too many variables - turntable, tonearm, cartridge, phonostage, step up transformers.
It has noise, more distortions and other imperfections.
But it give you a real filing of tone and dynamics of musical instruments and more soul of an interpretation.
It relates more to the golden era of tube recordings from 1955 to 1965. These records made with tube equipment without Dolby and other harmful noise reduction.
For example, I have many RCA records The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts series (1955-1970).
The quality of these records after 1964 dramatically dropped, because RCA recording studio moving to transistor equipment.
It it also important to play vinyl on transparent equipment like tube SET amp and high sensitive speakers. Most of popular Hi-End equipment is very detailed in upper mid and high frequencies but not transparent in the mid-range and lower mid-range.
There are too many variables - turntable, tonearm, cartridge, phonostage, step up transformers.
It has noise, more distortions and other imperfections.
But it give you a real filing of tone and dynamics of musical instruments and more soul of an interpretation.
It relates more to the golden era of tube recordings from 1955 to 1965. These records made with tube equipment without Dolby and other harmful noise reduction.
For example, I have many RCA records The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts series (1955-1970).
The quality of these records after 1964 dramatically dropped, because RCA recording studio moving to transistor equipment.
It it also important to play vinyl on transparent equipment like tube SET amp and high sensitive speakers. Most of popular Hi-End equipment is very detailed in upper mid and high frequencies but not transparent in the mid-range and lower mid-range.