From high end digital to beginners analog?

Thanks to all for some truly excellent feedback so far.

I dont think I am necessarily looking to better my CD set up. I am extremely pleased with my rig as it is, but I am attracted to a turntable and vinyl and dont want something that will be awful to listen to by comparison. I am thinking about it as providing a different listening experience that can be enjoyed as an alternative, and possibly lead me further down the analog path.

Another one who took the plunge this year. Had an EMM Labs cdsa (10K new) that was dream digital and have swapped to small dac computer based digital and a Well Tempered Amadeus / Eastern Electric turntable phono preamp combo. Loving it. My buying habits have changed a bunch - exploring 50's and 60's jazz and blues (that I am mostly still in learning mode) now while digital was mostly new releases. I prefer the turntable sound despite battling humming issues and still not owning a record cleaning machine.

Hi Mike,

I will be getting a TT as well in the near future, having abandoned anolog once the cd came in years ago.I can say my TT back in the day was nothing speacial, a Thornes td 350.

I have heard what a good TT sounds like and think it out rates digital ,imho.I started buying records a few months ago to have a collection when I do get a TT.

I would say even if you have no records , take the leap. I did hear a the new Oracle Paris TT which comes with it's own phono stage, arm and cartridge that already come set up from the factory. I heard this at the recent Taves show in Toronto and had a chace to talk to the owner of the company as well. You can use the Delphi 6 power supply on the Paris as well to upgrade the power supply from the satandard one which comes with the Paris.

There are many great TT's out there. This is just a suggestion.

I would agree 100% with Unsound, IF we were not considering "high end" digital.

Dear Mike60: Mapman posted: ++++ " If you have the records to play and the desire to play them.... " ++++ and I would like to add " if you have enough records... " +++++

then the only way to hear it is through and analog rig but from here to " better than digital, especially HiRes " you will be dissapointed: digital HiRes is better for very good reasons.

I'm in analog/LPs because I own 6K+ LPs where many of them are not on digital HiRes ( DVDA. ) or the digital transfer was very poor.

The LP source IMHO is probably the most imperfect alternative to reproduce music but is the one where I'm accustom to for many many years. Inside the LP alternative the music signal pass for so many stages during recording and playback that is almost incredible we can hear what we hear against a digital signal that is almost untouched.

If I was a person with out enough LPs and with a digital HiRes decent rig I never even think to go analog other than per curiosity.

Other important subject is that digital is a " plug and play " alternative where analog/LPs certainly is not but something that needs deep training, patience, patience and more patience along knowledge/skills and tools. Dougdeacon as many other analog/LP advocates as me knew what I'm talking about because when Dougdeacon said: ++++ " Doing vinyl well provides certain satisfactions that even the best digital doesn't offer... " ++++ he knew that to attain that quality performance level your quality performance skills most be " deep way deep ".

Nothing is at random with analog/LP playback, even the room temperature is important to.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.