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Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
Out of sheer curiosity, I just tried, more or less, what OP did but with less effort.Being one of the less biased participants here (I cannot care less what sounds better, in fact), I compared same album on a record and CD with one more added bonu... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
prof,I believe your sentence was incomplete..."Whereas Cleeds’ info was good, and presented fairly and with civility."It would have been more correct as..."Whereas Cleeds’ info was good, correct, and interesting and presented fairly, honestly, and... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
dynaquest4,You are right but do not get too upset about this. cleeds seems to attract some negative energy and, despite frequently disagreeing with her/his views, I do not think it is deserved. This "infected boil" thing was mentioned in the past ... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"...based on the best, most reliable, researched data that I have does not even own a music reproduction system!"This appears to be a case of stalking, stalking, and stalking. 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
chakster,One more thing. If it is fun you are in this for, and I believe you are and you should be, exploring digital may be a good idea. Give it a chance. You can keep your analog everything and start playing with digital. More toys you might hav... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
iamhe,The basics in that link are still standing, I think. It is the DVD-Audio part that I thought I should mention to you, in case you were not familiar with it and were expecting it to make a change at some point in the future. 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
chakster, I understand the concept of master tapes and them not being for us and vinyl being some sort of our "original" although it is not truly original. I approach it that way, too, but original it is not."...created by musicians for us (buyers... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
iamhe,The link you provided, as informative as it may be on some basic level, is a bit old and outdated on some level. DVD-Audio has practically died many years ago. Yes, it was better sound quality than CD but that might have been the only advant... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
prof,Good points. Never thought of them in that way. 
Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin.
"The room was not to change décor, nor set up in any way."I am trying to imagine a room that had full Bang & Olufsen design style before even bringing audio equipment in it. It must have been really cool and unusual. Most of the time, Bang &am... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"...when i want to play an album LP or a single "12 from my favorite band, i want to play original vinyl...""... i want to play the original source, not a bad digital copy.""Digital copy can not be better than the original source such as tape or v... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"Vinyl and analog gear is an investment, the real things that only rise up in price in time."Not so fast...https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis97c3b-technics-sl-7-linear-tracking-turntable-turntableshttps://www.gramophone.co.uk/editorial/review-t... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"Remember when you lost a Hard Drive with all information on it, it happens with computer hard drive."4 TB hard drive can be had for $99 at times. They are simple to copy as a back up and can be stored in different locations for safe-keeping. Diff... 
Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin.
n80,You were lucky if you heard and used that spray only now. Just so you know, it does not last forever. More spray may be needed over time.If Toshiba has outputs for two speaker pairs, I would buy two sets of speakers. Some that you are looking ... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
"...when somebody walks in the room and makes the record  player skip......in the long run to replace your records because they’re scratched......Been there done that."You are so right. I had a deja vu recently while copying some records to digita...