A trolling we will go, a trolling we will go........
Digital is far better than vinyl
I have invested a decent sum of money into my digital setup, including a decent streamer (Innuos Zenith MK3), a very good dac (Denafrips Terminator 2), Eno filter, and good cabling. But after being told by many here that vinyl is vastly superior to digital, I thought let’s build an analog system and see what all the fuss is about. So this is what I did ...
I picked up an Audio Technica TT from Amazon for around $299. I then used one of the older integrated amps with a built-in phono, which I believe I paid around $500 a few years ago. And, finally, just to even out the playing field I bought the cheapest possible cables from alibaba. Since I didn’t have extra rack space to put the TT on, I got a couple of bricks and built a DIY platform for it.
So after listening to the analog setup for a few days, I can proclaim without a shadow of doubt that digital is far, far superior than vinyl on any given day, and twice a day on Sunday.
What has been your experience? And please, don’t mention your gear or any special. cartridges, isolation, etc. Not interested in your system details. I just want to make sure you guys understand that digital is far, far superior than vinyl.
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+1 @arafiq
I listen to Classical most of the time and it’s just now contest. The expanded dynamic range alone made me fall in love with my first CDP, and it was 14 bit player. Even that player revealed so much more detail and made the instruments sound so much more natural that it was like the Gods had invited me,a mere mortal, to their private listening room on Mt. Olympus |
Proper installation/alignment/calibration is DEFINITELY needed for ANY TT setup, and ANY Cartridge on ANY TT for superior results. Done properly, (surely this OP does not have the tools and acquired skills), the comparisons get 'real' and in my case LP's always beat CD's and Reel to Reel always beats LP's.
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I sold my Rega 3 ten years ago. I kept some records, many still in wrapper or played only a handful of times The Rega and Thorens I had were decent tables but nothing on the level that would compare to today’s digital . I started playing digital files through my OPPO , from there I got Bluesound Vault , and then finally an Aurender N200 The OPPO showed that digital can sound pretty good , the Vault proved that it could sound good and have a slick GUI The Aurender with my current DAC sounds incredible, I was thinking about getting back into vinyl but the cash outlay to even come close would be a lot
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