CD's vs Vinyl - Finally hear the difference

Dgarretson, I disagree with allot that you have posted in your past two threads above but don't want to debate "dismiss" as they are your opinions.

You should re-read your own postings because you come across as well a .... for what ever reason you like to dismiss others opinions feeling that what you think and/or write is correct, what a small place to be.

You never answered my question in relation to your own set-up.

So I'll ask this;

Do you prefer your own vinyl set-up over your Red-Book?

While I'm asking what do you feel the differences are in your own set-up when comparing both formats?

I am not convinced that one medium consistently out performs the other.

Personally I have had digital all over the place from $2,500.00 to well over $60K in my set-up including the PlayBack, to me up against my vinyl set-up there just no comparison, it's back ground music.

Dev

Wow! That's a lot to pay for background music.

" My problem is with those who maintain that correct set-up is less commonly sighted than a unicorn."

Thats funny even with its overtones of sarcasim and arrogance. Problem is neither can be seen, but one of them can be heard. You believe what you wish based on opinion which you are entitled to, I'll continue to believe based on the questions asked here, and on 2 other sites, the people I know and what they constantly hear as I do in requests for help, and the 2 dealers I know who people show up with a table they did not buy from them or the new catridge bought elsewhere they cannot set up properly yet are objectionable to pay for their service without purchasing anything from them.Perhaps one should consider just how many new to vinyl users there are. Much like when many of us were new users and did not know yet how to set up a rig.

"Vinyl can tend toward being one of those cabalistic corners of the hobby that for some becomes a shelter for elitist attitudes."

Perhaps with the altitude it took to think the above you should sell those elite looking rigs you own and buy a unicorn. The reality is any elitests opinions usually fly in the face of general concensus and fact.

So I guess I will have to take your word for it that everyone knows how to properly set up a table and those that can't are rarer than a no left nut three legged dog named Lucky living in a trailer park in Tapeka Kansas.

Cheers

Timrhu, it wasn't that way originaly. My Reference set-up in the end listed @ approx $50K and is absolutely AMAZING!

What took place was that on my journey keeping an open mind listening to many different rigs most with vinyl set-ups I heard just didn't do it for me and I preferred my Red-Book by far and then I happened upon a couple of individuals that changed all that peaking my interest enought that I started my new journey to see.

It's been interesting indeed, so much so that my Reference Red-Book in the end just sat really not being used, only when people would come over and they wanted to hear it so we started off listening. Besides eye candy appeal the pces the sound was as I wrote above amazing and I won't take anything away from it but ....

Once I put on my vinyl game over, myself being the host would personally expearience first hand the responce from anyone who listened.
In my set-up you didn't have to try and hear the differences, it's obvious.

My system for years was set-up around Red-Book and the only thing that changed was adding my vinyl.

In the end I decided to sell it all off, I'll get something down the road so I can play pces from my collection or for others who drop by but I'm in no hurry for now, so that's my reasoning for calling it background music.