For me, the issue is not one of ideals: Given the best equipment in the world for each format, which sounds better? But rather one of pragmatism: Given my budget, which will give the better sound?
Of course, if you have one of these:
or one of these:
And you can spend $500 per footfor cable, etc etc etc...the turntable more precisely recreates the musical soundstage of the recording. That goes without saying.
But i don't have that kind of cash, nor do i think i ever will. So, what's my best bet. With my $400 marantz receiver and my $200 Advent Prodigy Towers all strung together with "normal" cables which is going to sound better: A simlarly priced turntable or a simlarly priced cd player?
Although i love my vinyl, i'm betting that short money can probably buy a better (more technically advanced--jitter correction, etc) cd player than lp player.
BTW, for more eye-drooling pics of turntables (if you swing that way), check out these links:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=145059
http://www.zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16819
Anyway...just sayin'
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