Have you asked yourself this question?


Lately I have thought about selling my entire analog set-up:  Turntable, phono preamp, and vinyl collection.  It's a good system, but my digital system sounds good enough that I don't listen to the analog system any more.

For purposes of illustrating my dilemma, my system is as follows:

Analog system:  Linn Sondek LP12, upgraded with Lingo II power supply, Karousel bearing, and trampolin suspension.  Loci Psionic Tonearm with practically new Clearaudio Maestro cartridge.  PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamp.  Plus, about 450 records, mostly popular stuff from the late 60s, 70s and 80s.

Digital System:  Metrum Acoustics Streamer (Roon endpoint) plus Metrum Onyx DAC.

Just curious if any of you have thought about selling your entire analog rig, because you don't listen to it.  What did you finally decide? Interested in your experiences.

hifinut51

I sold any vinyl long ago...

Try to buy a vinyl of persian music or of Indian music ? Just try...😁

I dont listen pop/rock at all ...

I own 10,000 files mostly transfered lossless or bought as files ...

It takes a room with his 4 walls to kept 10,000 cd...Imagine vinyl now which are larger ...

I listen music all days from all non commercial genre , classical , jazz, persian, Indian and near east ...

Half of them are impossible to buy in vinyl ...

Most people who like vinyl i guess listen mostly rock and pop ...or they have a very limited collection of music .. ( There is a very good offering in classical vinyls though it is true, but here in audiogon classical music are rare birds it seems )

My gear/room serve my music listenings; i dont need to upgrade to be in ectasy ...my money go for music not for any upgrades i did not need anyway ... 😁😊😉

Digital well done rival vinyl now anyway  especially if vinyl system are not high end or well embedded as most are ...

 

 

I don’t think that I’m really qualified to offer an opinion because it’s many years since I have owned a turntable, but from the viewpoint of someone who has been using digital since the beginning, I would say that it is definitely alright to go all digital if it works for you. The sound quality in the beginning was so poor, but it has improved by leaps and bounds, and I am now very satisfied with a modes system, and a @mijostyn said, it is less expensive to get a great digital system than it is to get a great analog system.

Well done LP playback is a joy and LP's can be passed on to future generations. They have a provenance that streaming lacks. The streaming user has no way of knowing what generation was used, how the mastering was done. 

 

This is not true, you can also stream local digital files, then you will know what generation was used and how the mastering was done, just like LP's.

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My music listening is about 95% streaming. I have an old Philips AF 877, that I refurbished, playing through an inexpensive NAD phono preamp. My LP collection is limited to however many can fit in my stereo stand. I still have a TT because I am old fart Boomer that believes any stereo system has to have a turntable. That being said, my modest analog components still give me joy, when I have the patience and time to listen to LP's.