Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it.

Greadd; a man after my own heart. I did vinyl for years and years.---Like 10/15 mins. to get ready to play the 2 songs I liked on that side of the record. Now I'm older/and then some and now it's more about the music.---BTW; It was never about the money --- It's more about being lazy!!---Heck if I was to marry I would seek a woman; already pregnant.

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 tried vinyl 3 times before deciding it isn't for me. Instead, I carefully put a CD playback system together that works with nearly all my recordings. I am thrilled with the results.

Arthur

Must be that time of the month again. Seems like once a month we get folks coming around with a thread like this.

If it's not for you, ok. It works for me and many, many others.

I'm still trying to put together a CD setup that is as musical and involving as my vinyl. But I'm only 77, so there's still hope :-)