Vinyl to Digital

I only recently went digital last summer -- bought a rega planet used -- and I'd have to say I'm happier with it than I thought I would be. This CD player is used in my 'second' system which is not my critical listening system but this system keeps getting tweeked and upgraded so now it sounds pretty good.. Digital 'pros': no surface noise! no matter how meticously I vacuum clean etc. my used records can still have surface noise, pops and occasional clicks, with the cd player I really have come to appreciate the lack of surface noise. This is to me #1 advantage. Digital 'con': compared to my tweaked-out Rega p-3 benz mc combo which I've had for almost 15 years now, many of the cd's I have lack the microdynamics, "air", miniscule spacial details that I get more often on vinyl; this could be a result of the cd mastering (?) as I have only 1 audiophile quality cd (david chesky disk of Ana Caram) and this disc is exceptional in spacial detail.

With the exception of finances I do not see how someone could just release themselves from either CD or vinyl . There are such good and poor recordings in both formats that to say one totally rules in everything means you have a thing for it. Keep both if possible and enjoy the best and tolerate the lesser qualties of each and their software. Good music is good music in any format.

buckingham,
i love the sound of lp collection liquidation...
what does your friends lp collection consist of? any good jazz, rock, blues? always interested in adding to my small collection, maybe i could alleviate some of the burden of that chord dac, email me, we can chat

I agree with Ljgj. There too many great titles in each format which are not available on the other. But from now on, If I have a choice between formats for a particular title, I'll choose vinyl.

As a music lover whose collection of too many thousands of records is over 90% vinyl, I will just say that only recently, with a substantial upgrading of my digital gear, do I finally find myself as likely to reach for a CD as an LP. I intend in the future to continue my lifelong used vinyl habit, but will now be happier to buy new releases on CD where there is a choice, and will ramp up my buying of used CD's. My advice is to shoot for the stars and land on the moon when selecting your new digital gear - otherwise, if you try to do it on the cheap, you'll probably wind up frustratingly earthbound.