Analog vs digital?

Dear @ebm  @tablejockey  : "  Analog is king. "

Could be but where or what are your foundation/facts for that statement other that " I like it more "?

I own over 6-7K LPs and own over 18 tonearms, 150+ cartridges and several TTs. I listened too the digital alternative.

Thank's in advance,

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

I went to the dark side (digital) 20 years ago, and it definitely has improved greatly. I have a dear friend, my audiophile mentor, who is still a devout vinyl guy and we go round and round about it. His system ($50K, Vandersteen Quatro CTs, Ayre amp, AR Ref preamp, good table) sounds great, but it also would with a really good CD player (e.g., Audio Note, Bryston, Ayon, Esoteric) and a great DAC (like Schiit, Berkeley, Benchmark etc).

I’m sure there are more like me who have some A.D.D. or just aren’t inclined to be the fiddlers that vinyl requires. I want to just listen to music rather than clean records, adjust turntables, grit my teeth at pops and crackles on records, and constantly get out of the chair to restart a song or record when I’ve daydreamed or just want to listen to a song or record 2-4 times in a row (I do that often). I’ve made my peace with the subjective "inferiority" of the sound of digital. In a perfect world, and if I was a fiddler, I would have both but can’t afford it.

My system is much more modest and it still makes me very happy (new Vandersteen 2CE Signature IIIs, Audio Alchemy DDP-1 DAC/preamp, Rega CD player... searching for the right streamer now).

And now, I’m into streaming Tidal and am in heaven. I go down the rabbit hole for hours discovering new music and don’t have to leave the chair if I don’t want to.

Horses for courses!

I own over 6-7K LPs

Raul, that's impressive! And a lot of storage room! How do you catalog them? With less than 1000 CDs I find remembering what I have and organizing them to be a pain.

No, technology is not going backwards. Digital sound is steadily improving and many prefer it to analog.

If you enjoy your turntable more, that’s great. Enjoy!

You have been in audio long enough to know that what you are doing here is trying to start an argument, an old one that's been done a million times. I don’t know why you want to do that, but I wish you would find a better way to entertain yourself. We get into enough heated debates without people coming here and purposely trying to start them. If you don’t have anything worthwhile to contribute, please just lurk until you do.

Let me give you a couple of suggestions. How about naming your thread:

I love my LP 12!
or:
Serviced my TT and I’m amazed by the improvement!

You don’t have to make this about one thing being better than another.

You have been in audio long enough to know that what you are doing here is to try to start an argument.

A bit harsh, imo. It’s his first post, and it wasn’t strident or trolling. Maybe the topic has been beaten like a rented mule, but that’s not unusual.

"I'd like to have an argument, please."  https://youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ