VINYL SUCKS!

If his kit was improved he would like it more. He buys a spitfire and says he doesn't like e-types. Ok matey

I thought my digital rig (Metrum Acoustics Ambre streamer into Pavane DAC) sounded pretty close to my analog rig, but then I set my Ortophon 2M Black aside for a Lyra Kleos and the gap widened.

Then I added a Bobs Devices SUT.
Man oh man that has change things considerably. 

Frampton came alive, again !!!

"If you think vinyl sounds better, then your brain will make it so and it will sound better to you. Vinyl does sound better, to those who think it does."


If you think digital sounds better, then your brain will make it so and it will sound better to you. Digital does sound better, to those who think it does.


There, fixed it for you.

Show me any digital format that has that tubey magic of well recorded vinyl from the 1950’s, whereas they utilized tube equipment and proper microphone placement, ie Rca Living stereo, Mercury living presence, Decca, London, Philips, etc....I’ve yet to hear it. Those engineers are long gone, too bad! I’ll stay with vinyl, and i mean older pressings, not the crap they repress today.. The magic is missing otherwise.
There are cassette tapes that sound better than a cd or a stream. They sound natural with a warm easy going flow to them. Hard to explain, but it is there. The cassettes are of course played on a top of the line Aiwa 3 head cassette deck with dual capstans, beautiful. Lastly, where is the involvement with anything digital? I want to be involved with my music, both listening and preparing to listen or recording. I find it both relaxing and satisfying. People have gotten to the point whereas getting up just to put a CD into a player is a chore! Lmao. Honestly, what would this hobby be without that sort of effort and involvement? Boring, that’s what it would be. Too bad that the younger crowd can’t wrap their mind around what I speak of. Its a shame really, but I guess you don’t miss what you never had.
The well to do have their dedicated posh wood ladden libraries of wall to wall books, despite the existence of a kindle and internet. I’ve got my records/lp’s.

Records Sound very good in a decent setup ,and bring back 
good memories of days long gone. I got rid of my very good clear audio setup for getting older I donot have the patience to get up after each album, and if. Don’t want to play the whole album up again at maybe 15 minutes then back in the folder ,and takes a 
wall for the collection.  Digital has come light years in the last few years ,even dacs under $1k especially R2R dacs can sound pretty dam respectable with a decent usb cable and power cord.
a record at best can only hold 12.5 bits of information .
a cd  true 20 bits ,even though you see 24 bit ,32 bit , that is not actual but resolution ,that’s another topic.  With digital you if you have a vacuum tube preamp or amp that’s adds magic ,as well as maybe digital in the dacs design ,as well as parts quality for example .I took the couple caps in the dac and put in the exceptional VH audio Odam poly oil caps they bring a bit of that organic magic sound but with exceptional soundstage,imaging and depth , and non QObuz  have excellent recordings in dsd,and Flac files,if you have Roon which I donot yet ,the album art and history of each album is very entertaining, as well a that sound very clean no pops ,clicks ,and digital inherently has far better S/N ratio much quieter, Bass can go much deeper, and dynamic range without question ,all on the fly from a tablet . Yes it does take at least a few grand minimum to get fully setup, you can buy a dac streamer already setup or a dedicated computer like I have using Jcat Femto usb cards,and Jcat Femto clock Ethernet cards
linesr power supply and on all Solid state drives , it sounds excellent ,and the extra effort truly pays off. One more thing 
very important ,I put in dedicated awg10 dedicated  4 wire lines 
dual grounds ,and,one a common ground, the other  a isolated insulated ground ,to not share any noise off anything else in the house or condo, also Copper Gold wall outlets ,not the $3  ones thst come with the house zincbrass pure garbage Which makes a dramatic difference in lowering the noise floor, and at the breaker box a Siemens home surge protection system . And to think digital 
is still progressing !!