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> > Who cares if you spend $1500 for an analogue rig instead of $800 for that new CD player < <

Perhaps I didn't make my point clear enough. Even at $1500, one would be hard-pressed to equal the digital rig (remember, that $1500 includes about $500 or more of items needed that DON'T go toward the 'table, 'arm and cartridge; so you're really looking at about $1000 that you've actually spent on the analog rig).


> > IT'S ABOUT THE SOFTWARE MAN < <

To quote your own words: "seeing the forest for the trees". It's also about time, man. It takes time to find and scour the Salvation Armies, Goodwill Centers and out-of-the-ordinary record shops that carry vinyl - not to mention the time it takes to rifle through thousands of LPs to find a gem in mint condition for $4.

Time I much rather spend dancing to music with my 2 year old (was that a low-blow to bring a child into the rebuttal? ;-).

If I don't want to do the legwork for the cheap vinyl and instead shop from the luxury of my Lazy-Boy as I do now with CDs, then I'm stuck paying just as much for an LP as a CD from places like Acoustic Sounds and Music Direct, and even e-Bay, etc.

In summary, an LP playback system requires a lot of time: Time to set it up correctly...time to maintain it (make sure things don't fall out of "alignment"...time to keep the software clean and free of noise inducing particles...and time to find the software. Sheesh! After all that, I'm too tired to even freakin' listen to the darn record. ;-) IMHO, time is precious, and I personally don't want to spend it driving all over creation to find a $.50 vinyl LP.

Now, if I was still single with the same dual income? Then, I'd have me a nice LP rig with lots of time to devote to it. ;-)

'Course, there'd be other problems that come with being alone ;-(

Respectfully,
AS


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