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In Reply to: I know what you're trying to say, but the thing is... posted by Bersani on November 13, 2005 at 10:07:06:
Lets not get too nostalgic over vinyl. Lets remember some of the screw ups of the good old days. The Linear tracking tone arm craze, which the tables used motors to drag the tonearm across the record. Many of the fine examples of direct drive turntables. Sure some of the great DD turntables were nice, but the majority were junk. How about the fact that many of the mid priced tables came with tone arms too short to get proper cartridge alignment, and lets not talk about the bearings on those same arms. Oh and cartridges. Many of the early high output moving coils were so bright and grainy that you wouldnt be able to tell it apart from a first generation cd player. Then lets talk about all the record care products that were supposed to protect your collection. Most of them being harmful to record and cartridge in the long run. Products like Last for instance, which destroyed several of my records. The good old days of vinyl could be very treacherous.I no longer spin records. The reason being is that I couldnt justify the large sum of money I had tied up into analog reproduction, and the fact that a good portion of my record collection was music that no longer interetested me. Secondly, it was very difficult to balance the ssytem to both mediums. When the system sounded good with an analog front end, the digital side suffered. And when the digital excelled, the analog was tough to listen too. Only in the very end did I find a balancing point.
Before anyone thinks the Analog system was second arate, let me list it. Teres Audio tunrtable. With Bubinga wood lead shot laoded vase, SE motor and battery pack option. Eminent Technology 2.5 arm, Dynavector 17DII cartridge, and Audible Illusions 3A with gold phono board. Without a doubt the finest table I have owned.
When it comes down to it, I find CD to be satisfying. And the fact that new music is not available on vinyl at a reasonable price. Also teh fact that it becomes time consuming to put analog on cd for the car. But as far as it sounds, the Sony 555 that has been modified by Tube Research Labs is excellent at playing music. It meets the needs at my house, and I see no need to replace it with any other format. I listen to 16 bit redbook most of the time, but the funny thing is that SACD is not alot better after the mods. So I don't see a reason to buy a bunch of them.
Regards
Mister Pig
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