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Vinyl lovers I must be crazy

I have been in the hobby for about 40 years and it seems that I enjoyed my simple system back in the 70's more than my high end system of today. My old system consisted of a receiver (sherwood, marantz) a basic turntable (later upgraded ro a B&O) and various speakers. My current system the cables cost 5 times the entire 70's system and the rest of the gear is top notch. I am not saying the 1970's system was better but I think I enjoyed it much better than today's system. The 70's system was a all vinyl system and my current system I strictly listen to Cd's. Is that the problem listening to CD's? For you vinyl lovers what do you think? For those that made the switch back to playing records are you listening more now? Enjoying your system more? What type of vinyl dollar outlay did it cost to reach vinyl nirvana?

Any feedback would be appreicated. Thanks!
bobheinatz
learsfool
1,215 posts
 
You are not crazy. Go back to vinyl, you will really enjoy it just as much as you did before.
wolf_garcia
6,694 posts
 
I find that the only thing I can play my hundreds of LPs on is a turntable/LP player. If I try to cram an LP into a CD player it bends to crap and makes me look like a fool. Or set an LP next to my Squeezebox Touch...nothing. It doesn't work. SO...I use a Linn/Akito/AT400mla...that seems to do the trick!
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
Do the analysis of the value of the dollar over time and see if you really are paying so much more today than yesterday. Granted, most of us have more buying power than we did back in the 70's. My experiences then and now tell me unequivocally that my current system is light years beyond what I could have obtained back then.
duaneadam
36 posts
 
Analog sound creates a different experience than digital. You feel it in your stomach like a cup of warm milk. Digital assaults your eardrums and eventually causes listener fatigue, no matter how good your system. I get the complete "analog" experience from my very modest $400 turntable as well as from my much more expensive 2nd system. Vinyl also allows you to bypass the glut of today's poorly mastered, slammed to the limit digital recordings. A turntable is a "must have" if you love music, at least until something better comes along.
maineiac
649 posts
 
Yesterday I spent a good bit of my time at my kitchen table, working on my laptop, and listening to vinyl through a pair of cheap ($250) bookshelf speakers that sit way on top of my kitchen cabinets. These speakers are connected to a receiver via romex electric wire with at least a 40' run. My wife was cooking and my daughter was doing stuff on her PC and we were playing Linda Rondstadt, Stones, and Radiohead and Of Montreal and we were all enjoying it very much.
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