is far and away better sounding than the same on cd. so much more infrormation comes back on vinyl, the sonds of the venue, the body of the istruments, the sound of many individual instruments being played en masse.

it wont matter how successful sacd/dvda is , i'm keeping all my music regardless of format. and rock/pop/jazz/world musics are all better rendered on vinyl as well. there ar few superiorities of cd that could convince me to go away from LP.

there ARE those that focus on the artifacts of vinyl who cant get away from the the distractions. a friend is that way but he just bought a vinyl player to take advantage of the vinyl he cant get on cd and sacd. he has also heard that vinyl CAN be quiet eonoug for him to appriciate.

i dont expect to convert him entirely, but he can see the advantage to having a decent vinyl player. time will tell.