Vinyl to Digital

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.

Recently I sold my Basis 1400 in favor of a Muse Thalia 9 v1, this was as a result of a series frustrations I experienced with the turntable. True, I have hundreds of cd's and had aquired only about 50 or so LP's at the time of the departure of the Basis, so my interest in LP's was rather new. I tried with great effort to resolve the problems I was experiencing with the vinyl rig for several months before making this decision.
The Muse is a wonderful player and I have not looked back, I believe it will compete with any one-box digital source available at this time. I will get back into vinly again in the future, but for now I will be concentrating on building my cd collection and enjoying music wtih the Muse.
As far as new/different digital format issues are concerned, I am not worried. The Thalia 9 is factory upgradeable to any future format(s).

Chris