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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
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
8,668 posts
 
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.
duaneadam
36 posts
 
Then your computer man has solved the audio problem that has eluded the entire recording industry since the inception of digital. Having digital sound the same as analog and having it sound the same to you are two different matters. If he's devised a digital system that authentically duplicates the sound of analog, he's going to be a rich man and I'll gladly be his first customer.
orpheus10
8,668 posts
 
The playback sounds better than straight to the pre. This could be due to the modified phono input to the computer.

Duaneadam, which sounds the best, CD's from your CD player, or CD's from your playback on the PC.
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