Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it

Sorry !!! Can,t talk you out of it . I myself beleive that vynil is far superior in sound reproduction than bits and bytes . Digital hype is what one member stated . I have to think that how is it people will spend insane amounts of money on players and transports and dacs and what do all theses expensive units share in common ? The claim that they don,t sound digital at all but are anologue bliss . Technology thats so good it is made to mimic something that people beleive is inferior ? A technology thats so good not even the manufacturers can make up their minds for you on the format they will use .Technology that they still have not got right in over 25 years. In my experience with others that I know who ventured back into vynil the one thing that so few know how or have done is to have the table and arm properly set up . As far as the noise that others complain about , anyone who hears vynil in my home always comments on how dead quiet it is and how much better it sounds than their expensive digital players . It does not have to be overly expensive gear , simply set up properly . I have good digital gear also but for me like most its the user friendly aspect of it, pushing play and walking away . When I want to sit down and truly enjoy the MUSIC vynil rules that domain for me IMHO . I will admit I have bought albums I have been dissappointed in how poorly they were recorded but I will also state that I have had just as many experiences with poorly recorded cd's . Quality gear will not make something sound better it will only reproduce what is there and nothing else be it vynil or digital . Now ignore everything I have said and think as well as all others beleive because in the end it is your opinion and tastes that matter to you ! Cheers.

I would disregard most of the above advice! Spinning vinyl is a contegious illness... a money grabbing pursuit... a time consuming folley RUN.. RUN.. RUN.. away as fast as you can. Please do not enter one of the many used record stores, do not buy that new state of the art T.T. do not demo any of the many phono pre amps and especially avoid the thought of buying one of thoes high end phono cart's.... Instead please come over a buy one of my many CD players that I find that I seldom use, you see I did not heed my own advice and now spend most of my time listening to vinyl.

The wrong people are getting into vinyl for the wrong reasons.

Reason one, it is trendy. Well so is breeding Cockadoodles, but it doesn't mean that everyone is good at it.

Reason two, it seems easy. That would make sense to those brought up on the silver disc, but it could not be further from the truth. Back in the day, when I sold hi-fi in high school, in the forgotten 1970s, there were very few people with the skill, knowledge, tools and dexterity to properly set-up a turntable. Not to mention, properly match arm, cartridge, turntable and phono preamp or stepup. You know what? There are even less now. Everyone thinks that they can watch Mikees setup video and become an expert. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is no more likely than watching a porn flick and becoming a porn star.

Reason three, all of those albums that I have in the garage are like free music, man. Wake up. You are never going to develop the taste for Donna Summer and Simply Red ever again. If you do, you will find that those old albums are scratched beyond recognition and moldy from improper storage. If you think that you can just stroll into the used record store and score great stuff, forget it. It takes time, patience and you will be going hand to hand with old bastards like me who never gave up their turntables. And if you wish to pay the princely sum of $30.00 per LP for new stuff, you will find that a large chunk of it is sourced from digital masters and pressed in places like the Czech republic where they are still trying to figure out how to make a vacuum tube, never mind an LP. That was your three strikes. You're out.

Ask your self what is your compulsion to do so. Is it reasonable?

Jump! You won't know till you do. If you buy good equipment you can sell it later if you change your mind or find you don't want the added hassle. That being said, I have seldom found anything worthwhile that required little or no effort. Vinyl is simply more engaging and seductive in my system, making the added hassle totally worthwhile.