Is It Time To Sell My Vinyl Rig?
This answer is from another question on a similar subject > I knew someone who owned a wooden powerboat i.e. > https://www.classicwoodenboatplans.com/shop/barrelback-custom-19 He said either you get it or you don’t. Of course, fiberglass boats are infinitely more practical & convenient. All it takes is desensitizing yourself to the depth of beauty represented by the living thing, wood is when raised to such an art form. All the sheer, enveloping, penetrating complexities & nuance - once you begin to surrender to seeing it, you’ve opened up entirely new vistas in yourself. Yes, I’m leading up to saying it’s the same with vinyl vs digital (in a well-sorted system much more so of course) but the mechanics of it are never that simple to those, intent on being in denial. It works like this: If you try & listen to the differences you’ll definitely hear them - the tricky part to digital lovers/apologists whatever, is connecting that to their emotions. The human imagination is so amazing/powerful etc. that it allows us to override that connection. G-d bless you if you’ve convinced yourself that makes you happy. It’s an accommodation that is as convenient as the guy who persuades himself the surplus beauty of wooden boats is irrelevant. I have a Meridian 808 cd player AND a record player. I’m not a chronic liar who forgets what the truth actually is. I still enjoy my digital but it’s missing stuff vinyl has, no question. If you tell yourself you don’t need it/can’t hear it, that becomes your reality soon enough. Whatever floats your proverbial boat, regardless of what it’s made of. I’ll defend anyone’s right to look at Da Vincis with dark sunglasses on. Calling it the same as w/o, not so much though. |
It appears that I’m getting hammered on about not collecting more records than the two hundred that I own. In my defense, the vintage vinyl that I own, which typically dates from around 1957-ish are all in very good to pristine condition. I have some hard to acquire mono vinyl that still have vinyl shards around the edge from when they were cut. It is difficult to grow a collection under these standards. I do own new vinyl reissues from labels like Analogphonic, Speakers Corner, etc... and while these are new and sealed when bought, more often than not, a vintage copy is all that’s available. I have the same standards whenever I purchase 7 inch 45 rpm’s. So yes, I don’t own two thousand records but where it comes to finding difficult, vintage, pristine vinyl, I think I have a respectable collection. That being said, I’m pretty sure that I’ll keep my collection and possibly the Thorens but sell my ASR phono preamp. When my trust fund kicks in, I’ll shop for the high end ASR phono pre amp and I’ll add a nice tonearm and mono cartridge to the Thorens. I’m just wondering how low I will have to go in order to move the phono stage. |
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