Nsgarch, Unfortunately, your reasoning resonates in me in ways almost mystical, but very persuasive - to the soul of an adherent to an old, tested and anchronistic theme - that of tradition and anti-modernity, that shuns convenience for the sake of purity, honesty and realism, despite the nuisance, work and effort involved. If it's better, then do it. If it makes the result a more soulfull and fulfilling experience, then it's right. It resonates because I have the same feeling for film/darkroom vs digital discs/computer that you have for CDs/LPs - I have some beautiful images on film, transferred into black and white silver halide prints with smelly, disgusting chemicals, sodden paper, hours of imersion in a tiny dark-room with carcinogens abounding, but hang defiantly and translucently, redolent of richness, majesty and realism, on walls in large oak frames, whereas their digital cousins sit anemically, thin, poor, 2-dimensional relatives, devoid of character, soul or life, in file upon file on a hard-drive of a computer, to stir nobody's soul...........but I still persist with digital, hpoing that, for the price of convenience I can conquer the medium. But haven't. Nowhere near. Wont happpen. But that's me creating. Music, I'm not creating. Just reproducing. Is it the same? Is the result similar? Will I hear the difference if you take away all the ritual, philosophy and tradition? That, Nsgarch, is my question, which you cant, and only I, will be able to answer. I asked the same question of myself when I sold my Leicas, 4 X 5 view cameras and 6 X 9, 6 X 6, 6 X 7 medium formats to use a single digital camera to take all their places for the sake of convenience. It failed. Will vinyl go the same route or is it indeed the holy grail?
I'll let you know................
I'll let you know................