pat,

i just looked at your equip list and it seems that from all indications you have the right stuff to hear what i am going to relate. perhaps some of us should be saying "dynamic CONTRAST" instead of dynamic RANGE in regard to superior dynamics with vinyl.

the JUMP factor is many times more evident using vinyl playback than with rbcd. if you may have noticed, there has been a lot of banter about compression being too routinely used on cd but also with the reasoning behind it (SALE-ABILITY to radio types, louder is better).

needless to say, i dont believe that RBcd is superior, especially in sound. it has the potential in many areas to be so but usually doesnt live up to that paradigm. where it falters is in hi-frequency reproduction. PLEASE dont recite the nyquist theorem baloney. not true, not relevant to any real discussion about ACCURATE hi freq playback.

i too have a grace F9E, a good reason to keep your address secret. mine was bought new by me and used often enough to stay usable. i just wish i had gotten a ruby stylus (cantilever) for it before they became unobtanium.