August 2, 200719 yr Author 1200, AT440MLa, Bellari VP129, Dynahi, and HD650 is budget analog bliss. The head-case beloved W5000 also kicks ASS with vinyl.
August 2, 200719 yr There is a realness, a presence, and a delicious liquidity all swirling in a limitless black space with the vinyl. I don't even hear the pops and crackles on my old crappy records anymore. I remember these used to really bother me, but now they don't. I think my ears are being spoiled. On the other hand, the sound from the 999es, at least with redbook, very much exists in a space. Sometimes I feel like my recording has been placed in a 16-bit box and when I put on my headphones and hit play I am just looking down in that box, "hey, there is my music there." Whereas with vinyl I am there with the music in infinite space, sharing in the universal groove, weaving in and out of all the sounds. That pretty well sums up how I feel about vinyl vs digital, too. I haven't listened to a full CD in my home rig for 3 months now and don't miss it a bit. I'd been through a couple digital sources that cost more than my TT, too - G08 and SCD1 (even considering SACD). Digital is fine for my work rig...which consists of PortaPros...straight out of my Dell PC (HD650 or L3000) and vinyl, is where magic happens.
August 2, 200719 yr postjizzle I don't agree with that comment about 16-bit box, IMO it's placebo. Would the box have been 30-bit, 40-bit, 50-bit box had I told you that was the redbook spec? What about being in a 1-bit box with DSD?
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