Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player?

My friend thanks for your intrerest , i learned only one thing in the last 7 years by my stream of continuous experiments in listenings and with the 3 embeddings: The electronic component you owned are less important than controllings the 3 embeddings: the vibration-resonance mechanical controls, the electric grid of the house and room, the acoustical space with passive but also active methods....

Most people has never experienced that first hand and they think only of upgrading to satisfy their need without paying attention to the many defects linked to an improper controls of these 3 dimensions....

I dont want to repeat what is in my thread " miracles in audio" you can read it or go to my virtual page systems for details.... Dont be fooled by the photos of my systems, the sound is at his maximum potential S.Q..... :)

If you have questions i will anser them on my thread or in private....

cal91
@mahgister...By acoustical embeddings do you mean room treatment? If so, I’d be interested to know what you do. I feel like I should explore this before spending money to change components

I can't stand the noise level from vinyl.  i also like streaming better than a CD player because I can listen to hi res.

@larry5729... I assume you mean background white-noise or record surface noise. If I am correct then you have never heard a really good vinyl rig. My turntable and phono stage are dead quite and have an ultra low noise floor. Most visitors dont even realize I have a record playing until I point it out. 

Rochard,

Not sure what maintenance costs you experienced with TT. My P3 is at least 10 years old and I've never taken it in for bearings, belts, etc.

Maybe I'm speaking too soon (fingers crossed)?

G

So much of music is subjective as far as the individual listener is concerned.  A young listener who has not yet ruined his/her hearing will hear music differently than an old listener like myself who has hearing aids.  I do have memory, however.  I received a portable record player in 1955 and fell in love with music and vinyl.  In 1966 I built a Knight-Kit receiver and with speakers and turntable my music sounded wonderful. Then while serving in Vietnam I acquired some great equipment and my music sounded even better. But vinyl was subject to clicks and scratches and when CDs came out in the early '80s I grabbed one and relegated my turntable to the attic.  About 5 years ago I bought a new turntable (actually I bought two new ones and two vintage ones--I couldn't help myself) and I began cleaning my remaining vinyl records and picking up other used ones which I cleaned.  I had an old vinyl copy of a Bad Finger record which I had loved.  When I bought a CD of it some years later I wondered what I had liked so much about it.  So I put my clean Bad Finger vinyl on and played it and was astonished.  I again loved the sound of that recording.  I can no longer hear well enough to spend a large sum on either a CD player or a turntable but I certainly prefer the sound of vinyl that I hear. I would love to have a really nice CD player but I will likely get by with my old Denon.  I also stream through my Sonos to my good ten year old Marantz receiver and my good speakers.  Each person needs to consider what their hearing capability is and what their listening environment is in addition to budget before making decisions about what is best for them and that is not necessarily what will be best for anyone else. Just my opinion.