Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it.

My point is that the audio signal is probably digital from just after the mic preamps to the LP cutting head..all through the mixing process. The vinyl final product might be thought of as "new wine in old bottles".

But Viridian brings up the point of transducers...mechanical-to-electrical,(Microphones) and electrical-to-mechanical,(speakers). Transducers color sound far more than any other factor. And the LP loop includes two more transducers than CDs (cutting head and cartridge). Unless you count A/D and D/A converters as transducers (a bit of a streach) CDs have only the microphone and speaker to color the sound.

eldatford your first statement is ridiculous. Eighty percent of my records were produced before digital even existed! Yes I have some thin sounding digitally remastered records, what of it? Both systems have their strengths and weaknesses, but I digress; if we read the op's thread he simply asks if it is worth the hassle. Well to all of the turntable owners on this site it is, to all of the people who sotched their tt , it ain't. To endlessly argue whether digital is superior to analog is completley ridiculous and futile... We may as well be arguing whether Pinot is 'better' than merlot!
Or say.... Converters are 'better' than transducers.
Let's bring it back to topic shall we? IMHO vinyl isn't a hassle at all, I see no need to justify my stance, YMMV. Good luck.

I can't agree that A/D and D/A converters color the sound less than transducers. It is too simplistic a statement and the concept of coloration is very hard to define. One has to consider frequency response, S/N, magnatude, order, type and spectra of distortion products, etc., etc. One person may prefer low amounts of high order distortion to high amounts of lower order distortion and another may call it the other way. Personal choice is my best guess.

Viridian...Did you ever listen to that Test CD, I think it was put out by Stereophile, where Julian Hersh (SP?) reads an essay using various models of microphones? Anyone who has heard this recording can't possibly believe that A/D and D/A converters color sound more than mics.

Hxt1...If 80 percent of your LPs predate digital, you are the exceptional case which proves the rule.

And by the way, if you check my first post you will find that I merely pointed out that most of the music on LPs has been through the digital format.

Many of us vinyl spinners have been in the hi fi hobby for many years and had large album collections before the silver disc.Most have tried digital and many converted but many just run both formats and try to buy premium vinyl and use digital to warm up the system and play in the car.It looks in the near future that hi resolution downloading will be the next step in the digital chain and although I havent taken the plunge I have been researching a lynx sound card in a silent Pc.The fact that you can sample a track or two before buying and do it all from home with no waiting makes this perhaps a viable alternative.I see this as complementing my current system not replacing it.For me vinyl will never die, its way too much fun and the cds spend more time in the car anyway, a place where for sure they do a better job than an lp.