In Reply to: Amen. The best of formats. And a bargain. nt posted by tinear on June 30, 2014 at 12:56:16:
For casual listening, and background music, it is fine.
And it certainly is covenient.
(And it is great for listening in the car.)
That being said though, for serious listening, I much prefer vinyl.
(In fact I would say that 95% of my listening at home is done via my turntable.)
I will agree that it is a heck of a lot easier to get into than vinyl though. (Cleaning records is a habit one must get used to in order to really enjoy listening to vinyl, IMHO. Listening to clean records means very little, to no, pops, ticks or other surface noise, which can be annoying if it is more than the occasional noise.)
Question, (and I'm just curious is all):
Do you still have your turntable?
And do you find that sonically you prefer CDs over vinyl?
(Or is strictly a matter of convenience over sonics, which is okay.)
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Follow Ups
- Really? "The best of formats."? (That depends on what you expect out of the format, IMHO.) - Raiderman 13:12:15 06/30/14 (7)
- Depends on how the rig is tweaked - Ozzie 19:39:35 06/30/14 (0)
- Turntable been gone, long time. Have friends w/vinyl systems: redbook does it for me just as much. - tinear 19:26:09 06/30/14 (0)
- you need a better digital system - mbnx01 13:19:59 06/30/14 (4)
- Redbook can sound very good indeed - E-Stat 16:45:55 06/30/14 (1)
- By "best" I meant not only sonically, but real-world practicality. - tinear 19:30:34 06/30/14 (0)
- Probably true, (as mine is getting a bit long in the tooth). However, ... - Raiderman 15:56:52 06/30/14 (1)
- It isn't exactly black and white but all things equal... - kuma 16:37:27 06/30/14 (0)