Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it

Beware that after you taste good vinyl, you may either stop listening to RBCD altogether, or else enter the two formats in an arms race of upgrades on a scale that bankrupted the USSR. Over the years your upgraded analog and digital front ends will exchange leadership positions several times in your system. In the end the audiophile vocabulary will be struck dumb to describe any meaningful differences between the formats. But alas, when you're finally ready to forget all about upgrades and just sit down and listen to music, you'll be forced to sell off the entire system to replenish retirement accounts.

No lie, on a great CDP RBCD can approach and some respects surpass good vinyl.

I agree with Dgarretson. This is why I decided to support one format. And besides I can't stand surface noise (snap, click and pop; sounds like the rice krispy characters) and I don't care how hard you try you can not eliminate it 100%.

Once you get a good vinyl setup you will not want to listen to CD's anymore. There is just no comparison.

Not with my Modwright modded belt driven transport rig. CD and analog sound real close to each other. As each format's weaknesses are addressed, they both approach music.

With psychic power and primal intensity,

So for $5,000, I can get a cd player that'll stay with a $1500 TT...?

Michaeljbrown,
re-read your last question.I think you know the answer