Vinyl - One Word - WOW!!

I just got a Project Debut Carbon Evo for the holidays. This is my first turntable since the 70's, and it does indeed sound stunning with a good vinyl pressing.  (If you like Phish, try the LP on LP releases for great sounding vinyl).  Even more remarkable, many of my LPs from the 70s, which were boxed up and stored in the early 80s, sound great after a run in the Record Doctor V that someone recommended to me. 

While vinyl will never replace the many terabytes of great live music that I enjoy, it will have a permanent place in my system once again.

The first 2023 suggestion for a 10's of $1000's Purchase to experience a high quality replay is out there. "Ding Dong" .

I'm about to jump on this vinyl thing after I swore I wasn't. Have a phono preamp on order, and will probably pick up a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon or Pro. Right now I own one record, but I have friends who own a bunch and I can invite them over to bring their LP's.

tubeguy76

29 posts

01-01-2023 at 11:56pm 

Vinyl is pure nostalgia, don't get too wrapped up into it.  If you want true analog, you need to go R2R but bring deep pockets.

The irony is strong with this one.

$35,000?!!! Really, Mijo?

There are certain things that vinyl will never do that digital does, both good and bad, and whether one prefers one or the other depends on how the individual listens and what the individual listens for, so I find such cost generalizations to be worthless when offered as advice. For me, $10K (phono stage, TT, tonearm, cartridge) in vinyl can get me up to the very best digital, but we listen differently. Neither of us is wrong.