CD's or Vinyl?


Gun to your head, if you could only pick one, which would you choose.  As nostalgic and sublime as Vinyl can be I think I'd have to go with Cd's.  Just seems cleaner and more pristine to me.

And You?

 

klimt

CDs hands down. I grew up listening to vinyl and dumped my collection decades ago in favor of CDs. Was sick of the warpage, surface noise and royal pain of maintaining vinyl and a turntable. Today, a high quality CD transport and standalone DAC costs less than an equivalent turntable, cartridge and phono pre-amp. CDs are way cheaper than vinyl and less risk when buying used. CDs have the benefits of physical media without the hassle. 

 

 

 

 

 

Too tough to decide, higher sonic quality of analog vs variety/convenience of a great digital sonics but not reaching my analog chain.  I have both to a very high level.

Vinyl all the way! I’ve had more than a few CD players but none have sounded better than a LP on a good analog setup. I don’t have a CD player anymore, but streamed hi-rez is sounding really good these days. Close to analog. Most of my records are pre 1980 and all analog, and I try to buy all analog reissues or new music when I do buy.