Dan_ed,
Its always a good idea to be nice to your wife. Luda asked what I wanted for my birthday, which is fast approaching. I said, Hows about a contribution to my turntable savings account? She said, Will five or six hundred do?" Why certainly! I replied. I am getting closer guys. : > )
My favorite music for vinyl is classical. That type of music was what I bought first in any abundance, and it is what I am buying now despite the fact I dont have a turntable. Its a risk buy so to speak, but I feel that I have to get back into the vinyl game in some way. Shoot, by the time I actually get my turntable, I will have about a hundred albums. Now I know thats a puny record collection to many, but its like diamonds to me!
I will have to say that even with rock, vinyl reigns supreme over CDs. Even though I listen to classic music, what got me going toward vinyl was hearing Gloria by the late Laura Branigan. The music was so sublime, the beat was so hot, and her voice was so real and in the room with me I literally jumped out of my chair and commenced to flail myself about has if I had become possessed by the Almighty. Wow! Rock was meant to be heard from a vinyl record on a great analog front end. The music I experienced that moment was better than any live concert of amplified music I have ever heard!