Quality required to hear vinyl

Take a look at vintage electronics and more modern hi resolution speakers.

My second system Vintage Yamaha receiver with phono section, Dual turntable, Goldring cart, Triangle Titus 202 speakers, optional sub if you must go full range. The whole system could be had for around $1000 used and produces lovely vinyl sound.

Bigbillc,

I was in a similar situation to you about ten years ago.

After joining A'goN and buying and selling gear for a few years I realized that just putting together a combination of electronics that I enjoyed was difficult enough, let alone anything to do with the analog world.

It seems like you've done a fair amount of research and have an idea where you'd like to start, so I'd say jump in and see how the water is.

But be prepared to spend more money than you ever imagined, be open-minded [as you already are] and most of all enjoy the journey.

Good luck!
Dean

It's possible you wont hear why people still buy and listen to vinyl. I suspect there are many reasons. I've heard excellent digital and analog side by side, e.g. an SACD and 45 RPM of the same recording, and any difference I perceive is less than a just noticeable difference. For me, vinyl is an entertaining toy; playing with the LPs, the complex arm with all its adjustment, and so forth is where it's at. To be sure, there is vast variation within each technology, crapy to great sounding CDs and SACDs, crappy to great sounding vinyl.

db