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You are very close but a few corrections:

I went from LPs to Reel to Reel in 1974. It was not until Audiophile Cassettes came out in 1978 that I went to cassettes. I collected Audiophile Cassettes (not commercial cassettes) in 1983 sold my collection of over 150 Audiophile Cassettes about half were MFSL but I also had In Sync Labs. Direct To Tape, Sound Ideas, Audible Images and other audiophile cassettes.

The sale of my audiophile cassettes and my Nakamichi 480 Cassette deck gave me enough money to purchase the Sony CDP-101 CD player in April 1983 and a handful of CDs. I tried tons of CDs and the only ones I even liked or could tolerate were Telarc CDs, which were not too bad but within 6 months I was getting massive headaches and I didn't want to listen to music ever again! I sold the SACD player and it was over 1 1/2 years before I coulc listen to music again. I was devastated. I couldn't go back to Cassettes as all the audiophile cassette companies folded up or went on to CD. I couldn't go back to Reel to Reel as Barclay-Crocker went out of business. And I hated the all the maintenance, cleaning, etc. of LPs. I hated surface noise; I hated pops and ticks.

In 1986 I went back to LP even though I hated it so much because there was no other option I could see. The Internet was not invented yet so I had no source for used audiophile cassettes or Reel to Reels.

I would buy into CDs every time there was a promised improvement to make them sound as good as LPs. Every time I was disappointed and I would sell off the CDs and the CD player with a matter of 6 months or less. Before the Internet I had to advertise in stereo magazines.

I still hate the care and feeding of LPs and that is one reason I also have lots of LPs and Reel to Reels. So when I don't feel like messing with an LP I play one of these. For the first time I have accepted the good and the bad with LP. I spent half of my life looking for something better and it is just not out there.

I do still have 15 DVD-Audios and 24/96 DADs in my collection they just get played much as all my analog recordings are more enjoyable.

Also as one poster noted I was in and out of SACDs twice. And every recording I have heard on SACD and LP the LP was just so much better even on my old cheap $250.00 Music Hall MMF-1 turntable with the LP Gear upgrade. Each time I left SACD it was as much for hardware reasons as much as software reasons, you can read about this if interested in old posts on Hi Rez Highway.

The rest of it is right on the money.


"Analog is Music, Digital is mathematics"
Happy listening,
Teresa


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