The Real Question.
I'm still deciding.
The other day I was playing with impedance loading on my phono preamp after having soldered some resistors of various values into several pairs of RCA plugs. Talk about hands on.
Anyway, I was playing my reissue of Cannonball Adderly's "Somethin' Else" that has some pretty aggressive trumpet work by Miles Davis, and I was comparing the vinyl to a Classic Records DVD-A version of the same recording. Well, the DVD-A is SO much better, it's a no brainer. It makes me wonder why I'm investing all my time and money into analog playback.
Also, after losing two auctions for Derek and the Dominos "Layla and other Love Songs" LPs, I decided to see if it was available on SACD/CD hybrid. Yup, sure enough. Bought it for $6.99 from Yourmusic.com (versus $12+ for the used original vinyl releases being sold on E-Bay).
On the other hand, I have Stevie Ray Vaughn's "In Step" on both CD and vinyl, and the vinyl is better by a small margin. More "life".
Why am I devoting my time and money to analog ($200 in tubes just yesterday)? I'm certain there's a payoff, but I'm not yet convinced the return on the investment is worth it to me at this point in time.
Things could change...
I'm still deciding.
The other day I was playing with impedance loading on my phono preamp after having soldered some resistors of various values into several pairs of RCA plugs. Talk about hands on.
Anyway, I was playing my reissue of Cannonball Adderly's "Somethin' Else" that has some pretty aggressive trumpet work by Miles Davis, and I was comparing the vinyl to a Classic Records DVD-A version of the same recording. Well, the DVD-A is SO much better, it's a no brainer. It makes me wonder why I'm investing all my time and money into analog playback.
Also, after losing two auctions for Derek and the Dominos "Layla and other Love Songs" LPs, I decided to see if it was available on SACD/CD hybrid. Yup, sure enough. Bought it for $6.99 from Yourmusic.com (versus $12+ for the used original vinyl releases being sold on E-Bay).
On the other hand, I have Stevie Ray Vaughn's "In Step" on both CD and vinyl, and the vinyl is better by a small margin. More "life".
Why am I devoting my time and money to analog ($200 in tubes just yesterday)? I'm certain there's a payoff, but I'm not yet convinced the return on the investment is worth it to me at this point in time.
Things could change...