Vinyl's Noise Floor


vinyl's noise floorI'm actively considering returning to analog after a 19 year hiatus from it. I listen to a lot of classical music, which, as we know, has many pianissimo, i.e., soft passages. If the soon-to-be desuetude 16 bit format has an attribute, in my opinion, it would be an extremely low noise floor. I've read about the advantages of analog, the most salient of which is its innate sense of continuity and palpability. What concerns me about vinyl is its, supposedly, high noise floor.Assuming that the recording is of the highest calibre, the vinyl impeccably clean, and the analog rig unequivocally great, will there be even a modicum of distracting noise during a near-silent segment of music?
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Software? I recently purchased a boatload of Columbia Miles Davis reissues. They sound fantastic. Quiet. Same for the boatload of Herbie Hancock reissues. Same for most of the indie/alternative rock I buy.

Regardless, the sound of vinyl is more important than the noise anyways so I'm biased here. The openness and soundstaging from a decent setup is just such a revelation.
Cheers! Please enjoy! Don't miss the golden opportunity if you willing to invest in vinyl and LP playback system. We have the best electronics around at this time let alone the cartridges. I can't breathe anymore, I am busy toying around with all the phono stages which are really state of art in sound reproduction. Its really fun!!!
Great reading this 15 year old thread. How things have changed and the thoughts back then .very interesting....