(02-08-2018, 08:19 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(02-08-2018, 07:24 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I agree digital has the potential to sound as good as vinyl.   It just needs a sampling rate that is more than what your ears can detect.   Sort of like super high definition TV, which is getting so good that it's starting to resemble actual reality.  It's just using more data, and you have to stand closer and closer to detect the pixels.

Yep and I'm no a purist. I love the format but I also have a SACD player and have a few SACDs which sound pretty darn good. The sound stage with vinyl can still be superior (assuming you're playing a mint condition, 180 gram LP on an audiophile level table) but under less optimal conditions SACD is comparable. And some of the multi-channel audio formats (like Dolby TrueHD) when played with dedicated audio are just unbelievable.

So, my friend has all my old vinyl records, and all my brother's old vinyl records, and all my father's old vinyl records, and all his own old vinyl records, hundreds of vinyl records, and he's too cheap to get his old turntable repaired, or buy a new one, so...  should I invest in a new turntable and get all my old vinyl back?  (...and his and my brother's and my father's.)

It's mainly late 60s and early 70s rock and roll, and lots of classical, most of it in mint condition.  We used to take really good care of our vinyl records.  Not a scratch on most of them.  

I think the answer is yes.   I need to make a trip to Best Buy and say goodbye to a few hundred bucks.

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