Vinyl Asylum: a great number of CDPs are disposable. by hifitommy

Vinyl Asylum: a great number of CDPs are disposable. by hifitommy

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In Reply to: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital posted by Balance on December 4, 2005 at 08:29:26:

even somewhat costly ones stop working for one reason or another and then the transports are no longer available. repair costs exceed the original value of the players.
yes, there are some VERY reliable ones out there but many of us have had them fail at one time or another. this i only one factor.
i embraced digital somewhat early on but never thought of dumping my music collection, and i also didnt want to have the experience of those that dumped their tubed equipment early on for ss.
as time wore on, i felt that the sound of vinyl was ultimately superior, problems and all.
then i bought the sony ns500v entry level dvd/sacd/cdp so as to give sacd a try. sacd was fine right out of the box. then i came to realize that the RBCDs were sounding way better than i EVER expected using the sony.
this flies in the face of all i was reading on the net about cheeeep dvdps not sounding good with cd. now i buy more RBCD product (mostly because new music is mostly not on vinyl nor sacd).
as good as the sound has gotten, i still marvel how much better vinyl sounds and is RELAXING AND SATISFYING. those last words in caps are a key. rbcd is not those things. and it is not something you can detect in an A/B test of short duration.
i have made this suggestion to skeptics who much later (months) come back to me and remind me of that statement and indicate their strong concurrence. these are not audiophiles but average people that dont have huge amounts of cash tied up in either format.
i have been privy to some VERY nice digital reproduction equipment and none of it has R&S although it was certainly musical and entertaining.
so analog and digital co-exist in my system and will continue to do so for a LONG time.

...regards...tr

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Topic - Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - Balance 08:29:26 12/4/05 ( 47)

Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - Queg 12:08:52 12/5/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - John Elison 06:29:56 12/5/05 ( 2)
- To each his own! nt - risabet 18:20:24 12/5/05 ( 1)
  - There ya go! (nt) - John Elison 21:52:27 12/5/05 ( 0)
My best-ever digital system cost way less than $1K - Dave Pogue 06:06:14 12/5/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - Evil Seav 20:30:26 12/4/05 ( 0)
To me, my analog vs my digital is a toss up... - NewStevo 20:16:18 12/4/05 ( 0)
not really - OMalley 16:49:38 12/4/05 ( 0)
I've had the opportunity to test digital gear... - EdAInWestOC 16:41:33 12/4/05 ( 0)
Why I dumped $$$ into analog vs. digital. - Supernaught 16:37:45 12/4/05 ( 0)
Some of have compared more expensive digital front-ends to our analog front ends - rlindsa 15:54:19 12/4/05 ( 0)
Actually it's pretty obvious that you didn't read the entire thread! - Ray-o-Stat 14:30:09 12/4/05 ( 0)
a great number of CDPs are disposable. - hifitommy 12/4/05 13:24:06 12/4/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - CAFC 11:43:45 12/4/05 ( 0)
I went up to $3500 digital front end, with SACD, still analog is better. - jdaniel 10:43:15 12/4/05 ( 0)
Your premise is flawed to start with, but . . . - HenryH 10:11:32 12/4/05 ( 7)
- wrong on all counts - redneckaudio 12:17:20 12/4/05 ( 0)
- So your basically saying that to better Digital you need thousands spent on Vinyl, (n/t) - Balance 12:04:27 12/4/05 ( 5)
  - No. Read my post again. . . if trolls can read, which I doubt. /nt\ - HenryH 12:43:20 12/4/05 ( 1)
    - By attacking "trolls" are you really saying "stay out of this site"? - lpspinner 08:07:46 12/5/05 ( 0)
  - Re: So your basically saying that to better Digital you need thousands spent on Vinyl, (n/t) - CAFC 12:13:59 12/4/05 ( 2)
    - I'm thinking the same thing. /nt\ - HenryH 12:43:58 12/4/05 ( 1)
      - Not true. Also Henry, you add nothing to this thread - Balance 22:35:32 12/4/05 ( 0)
You have the cart before the horse - - kavakidd 08:58:01 12/4/05 ( 8)
- Yep... - JoeLip 21:44:11 12/4/05 ( 2)
  - Re: Yep... - kavakidd 21:56:08 12/4/05 ( 1)
    - Re: Yep... - JoeLip 12:11:38 12/5/05 ( 0)
- Exactly! Also, quite a few of the "nuts" here don't have all that much tied up in our analog systems. - Dick Schneiders 11:49:12 12/4/05 ( 3)
  - No question - many inexpensive analog systems - kavakidd 20:06:15 12/4/05 ( 1)
    - Yes, sorry, I meant the original poster when I said "you". (n/t) - Dick Schneiders 03:52:08 12/5/05 ( 0)
  - Re: Exactly! Also, quite a few of the "nuts" here don't have all that much tied up in our analog systems. - fdrennen 12:05:36 12/4/05 ( 0)
- You present a very good point of view that I never thought of and..... - Balance 10:06:27 12/4/05 ( 0)
This thread was dedicated to those ONLY who have a fraction spent on Digital compared to Analog. - Balance 08:53:37 12/4/05 ( 1)
- Sure they can ... - reelsmith. 08:58:47 12/4/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - mosin 08:49:53 12/4/05 ( 1)
- ditto - redneckaudio 12:18:52 12/4/05 ( 0)
No ... - reelsmith. 08:45:33 12/4/05 ( 2)
- Okay, then you have a right to speak, but the others, C'MON! (n/t) - Balance 08:51:00 12/4/05 ( 1)
  - But your TT is far more expensive than your CDP (nt) - Supernaught 16:45:40 12/4/05 ( 0)
It's pretty obvious where you're going with this - Bersani 08:44:59 12/4/05 ( 7)
- LOL, you are partially correct but..... - Balance 08:49:38 12/4/05 ( 6)
  - Re: LOL, you are partially correct but..... - Bersani 09:04:03 12/4/05 ( 0)
  - Here's how it happened. - mosin 08:58:20 12/4/05 ( 4)
    - What if it happened differently? - John Elison 22:24:01 12/5/05 ( 0)
    - Re: Here's how it happened. - 33 1/3 13:34:23 12/4/05 ( 0)
    - Yup. - Bry 11:05:32 12/4/05 ( 1)
      - me too - OMalley 19:25:45 12/4/05 ( 0)