Jazz Music Question

@dsper wrote,

’One off topic comment is that my PWT and Mojo Mystique V3 DAC sound better than the table with an old Ortofon Pro s40 cartridge. Not sure if it is a bad old cartridge or the digital is just better’.

You have a very good digital front end. The P.S.Audio PWT is one of the better sounding CD transports around. Your DAC is well regarded. Your front end is definitely capable of getting into the core/essence of the music.

2nd point is that fortunately most jazz recordings transferred very well to Redbook CD (Thank goodness!). No doubt you can achieve terrific sound with a quality analogue/ turntable front end as well.

But don’t sell your digital front end short. I can enjoy either format but my digital most certainly gets me eemotionally engaged in my jazz collection quite deeply. There’s literally a ton of "Hard Bop" jazz to be found on Redbook CDs😊.
Charles

@whart,
You’re welcome.
I can imagine how well your Lamm Avantgarde Duo combo conveys this beautiful music.
Charles

@charlesdad1 
2nd point is that fortunately most jazz recordings transferred very well to Redbook CD (Thank goodness!). No doubt you can achieve terrific sound with a quality analogue/ turntable front end as well

@ghosthouse4  Seems to me getting great sound out of an analog rig might be more challenging (set up and $ invested?) than required to get good sound from digital - my O-pinion.

I had some eye surgery and needed to take it easy so I listened to vinyl all day Saturday (wife out of town). Actually found a Sonny Rollins album I had not opened among other things... Snap, Crackle, and Pop!

It seems like a real step up in vinyl is going to cost at least $4 or $5 thousand. Not sure it is worth it given the smooth, full bodied sound I am getting with digital.

For me, I think it comes down to catching that last bit of treble in the right way to sound like live music. Not there yet!

Maybe I should try a Grado cartridge and call it a day. The wood bodies always intrigued me.

Thanks for listening,

Dsper

If you can stream music get Spotify and listen to whole Jazz albums and THEN shell out your money for what you enjoy in either source,digital or Vinyl,whichever is more cost friendly.
May I suggest Shapes to Come by Ornette Coleman.

"This genre or era (Basically early1950s to early 1960s) is classified as "Hard Bop". This genre evolved from the "Be Bop" of the mid to late 1940s. There’s a ton of superb musicians and recordings to explore".

Excellent advice. 

Be aware that a good number of the players mentioned in this thread went on to release considerably more adventurous music so sticking to chartles1dad's time frame is your safest bet.