Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it.

Viridian...Holt or Hirsh. What I remember is the astonishing differences between mics, all of which are well regarded models.

depends on who's asking.
its one of those things that if you have to ask----then its not worth it.
i know allot of guys who played in bands that couldn't care less about all this,they are happy as all get out with ipod.
i even have an old pal who has played behind some pretty big names and is now a sound engineer he thinks my pursuit of HI FI is nonsense and too expensive.
he tells me how digital is wonderful and in what it lacks in the natural sound stage it makes up for with sub sonic lows and dog whistle highs.
who cares i for agreement.
i cant get enough records.

Totally!

Yes the alternative is live music! But sometimes the artist you love most is dead, drug F#@ked or retired. What can make things worse is they were never re-released on CD or if they did it sounds like S#!t! When this happens and you can get hold of some of their records you learn to appreciate a good properly set up analog rig as it is sometimes the only way to enjoy some music. A really good turntable set up with a decent recording always gets me more engaged in the performance of the music when I compare with the same release on CD and I have a very good CD playback system. If both are recorded well the record sounds more engaging and alive than CD that still sounds sterile to me. It never ceases to amaze me that a compressed carbon rock vibrating in a blob of vinyl EATS digital as far as my ears go. But I have heard reel to reel 2nd copies of master tapes and they blow records out of the water. The same goes for home recordings at 92kbs with my Broadcast sound card compared to compressed 16 bit CDs of the same live material. It is simply one more medium to enjoy the music. For me it is best described by the groupie stuck for very debauched reasons to the back seat of the tour bus on Frank Zappas Joe's Garage album. "Music is the Best" That is why for me yes, analog is annoying, over- populated and endorsed by terminal anal retentives and loonies but so worth it.