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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
inna
7,296 posts
 
Yeah, the cost of records, both new and used, is something to consider if you plan to expand or/and improve your collection. In my case it is $20-$25 per record on average, this includes the cost of shipping from places like Japan and Germany. I have $4 records and I have $100 records. I don't go over $100, this must be something incredible for me to do it.
orpheus10
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I was referring to the "poor man's" delusional nirvana. There is no comparison between the rigs discussed here and the one's we listened to in the 70's. If you are aware of the price of the trip to paradise, enjoy the journey. You will experience new sensations, when you hear those old records on a new rig.

I recently read about an audiophile who owns a new Joule Electra Pre, a CAT amp, and listens exclusively to PC. Vinyl ripped to PC via a megabuck rig, sounds as good coming out, as it did going in. I listen to vinyl and digital via the PC playback list. I can not hear any loss of sonics.

Elizabeth, while I have read about a lot of amps, ARC is the best I have actually heard.

Inna, I never shop for cheap records because my "objects of desire" are too unique; they usually cost $30 or $35. There are people willing to pay $200. for some of my records, I have pointed them out to my heirs.
duaneadam
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Sorry but you're not going to replicate the sound of vinyl with digital. Not any digital. I've tried numerous times with the Weiss ADC in my studio going to 24/192 and re-playing on my Weiss DAC1. There may be more expensive "digital rigs" but few that sound better, and the vinyl still kills it.
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orpheus10
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My computer man (I refuse to call him a geek) has a degree and a number of certificates. I don't know or care, how he has arranged a modified phono input and DAC output that allows me to hear vinyl from my playback list which sounds the same as if I were spinning it on the rig.
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