newton_john
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| HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? @calvinj That's great. My turntable has been out of action this weekend, so I have been streaming for the first time in a while. Listened to some Jazz Fusion albums. They sounded great. I didn't miss vinyl at all. I am wondering if it's all dow... | |
| HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? @calvinj Over the decades, my preference has swung between vinyl and CD/digital at least a couple of times. I tried to ditch vinyl altogether five years ago. Now, I am back into it again. Ironically, it was improvements on the the digital side t... | |
| HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? I assembled what I thought was the perfect digital system as the culmination of nearly half a century in this wonderful hobby from vinyl to CD to digital files to streaming. There were many twists and turns along the way, but it took the reintrodu... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Not played CDs directly since 2007. Rarely even rip one these days. | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? I think it’s true that better sound quality helps with getting into unfamiliar music and genres as has been said already. Arguably, that’s more important than giving fresh perspectives on old favourites. Is it really that big a deal to hear parts... | |
| Subwoofers are a superlative room treatment @orthomead No offence intended, but your fairly long OP would have been much easier to read and understand, if you’d broken it up into meaningful paragraphs. You’ve made it hard for the reader to follow your arguments. | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? Yes, I regretted selling my LP12 turntable five years ago. It wasn’t too much of problem because I was able to buy another better one for not a massive amount more money. The bad part of it was that I also sold my records. I wish I could buy them ... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. I have a daughter in her mid thirties snd two sons in their twenties. None of them are audiophiles as such, but all three buy and listen to vinyl. As has been hinted at above, it’s a question of only older people being able to afford expensive ge... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Atlantic 75th Anniversary Analogue Productions 45 rpm version of The Yes Album | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Yes, it’s not necessary to spend big bucks to enjoy great sound with vinyl. However, it can get better with more expensive gear. My view is that vinyl can be better not necessarily because it’s analogue, but because it’s mastered better. I have... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? The OP's question conflates two issues that must be separated. Firstly, is it worth spending that kind of money on a hifi source component? If your answer to this question is "no", then you need go no further. Secondly, is there some extra benef... |