"The CD may have greater bass extension and no surface noise but somehow there is more there there with vinyl.The CD may have greater bass extension and no surface noise but somehow there is more there there with vinyl."

I gotta side with Joe E here. I just purchased a SOny SACD 9000 or something series player. It is an incremental imporvement over the Adcom (but not by a large margin IMO). Irregardless Vinyl (not all Vinyl) sounds better. I am using a mid priced Grado Gold and the difference is very noticeable.

Having said all that though there are some CD's which are incredible. (Telarc..)