How many of you are digital only systems?

@td_dayton:

Thanks for your refreshingly open-minded comments!

Best,

Stuart 

... these, in particular::

"  i personally would not hang my hat on one type of source being inherently superior to another - just too many exceptions, too many variables"

... especially given that the ears/brains taking in what the source is putting out vary in terms of how they perceive sound and what they judge to be pleasurable/"good"...

stuartk403 posts06-29-2021 6:10pm... these, in particular::

"  i personally would not hang my hat on one type of source being inherently superior to another - just too many exceptions, too many variables"

... especially given that the ears/brains taking in what the source is putting out vary in terms of how they perceive sound and what they judge to be pleasurable/"good"...

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Yes I agree, 
I have a  completed classical cd collection of 300-400 cds,  and have no interest in streaming.
I am tube cd player for life, 
Just took advantage of the newest opamps, JFET's , 4 duals for my Jadis  DAC, made a  very nice sonic gain.
Recently I added a  Philips 777 phone, bought from my tech geek at a  good  price, so  I added some classiacl LP's  of my fav works,  Ohh about 50+ LP.s 
You can find them cheap, = under $20 each, on Ebay and a  few off amazon. 
Some are extremely rare, piad $20++.
I prefer cd, as it contains 50-80 minutes of music, with no flipping the cd over. Yeah I'm a bit lazy.
Expensive phono's may  offer superior sonics vs my DAC/high tech opamps, but at what cost?
And nuances, how much greater?
I'd rather put my audio budget into new high tech speakers. The new wide band, now my system will be 100% complete. 
I am  trying to sell a  tube cd player, my tech geek said it  will be a very hard sell at my asking price, He was correct, I am lowering the price now to *rock bottom*. Tube cd players are dinasuars.
Everyone is going streaming.
Back in the day my Cayin was the bomb. 
Amazing how  The latest thing, shoves the old thing down to the dust, lol
I am old school, I needa  physical source record in my hand, LP, cd. 
Streaming is just too impresonal. 
Besides are there steaming services which have every one of my cds/LP's  in their file??
Most likely not. 
Pettersson sym 9, Kamu/Norropking,/Philips LP. I also have a  ripped  cd. 
This recording , among a  few others, is not found on any stream service 
New is not always better. 

@yermajesty:

"@stuartk, You wrote {You hear noise. Others of us don’t.
Perhaps it has something to do with differences in individual physiological structures and/or auditory
processing capacities?}

All sensory data is filtered through the brain. In sound, the filtering process is

known as “psychoacoustics”. This process allows a participant in a conversation taking place in a noisy environment—ie: a busy restaurant—to filter everything but their own conversation out of their perceptions. The same is true of our perceptions of the audible clicks and pops that SOMETIMES plague vinyl recordings".

I wasn't thinking about clicks and pops but of what I often hear vinyl fans say: that vinyl sounds more "organic" and digital sounds "harsh". 

As for your comment: 

"Here’s to great music, regardless of your choice of playback technologies!"

I can't argue with that !!!!!!!!!

@mozartfan:

"I am tube cd player for life"

Although I now use a Moon transport coupled with an r2r Aqua DAC, I had a Jolida JD100 for many years and very much enjoyed it