Quote Originally Posted by O'Shag
Cantankerous old git, just because I have some decent audio equipment, I'm a braggart and audio snob? Just how little do you have to have in order to not be an audio snob?

I've always shown you the utmost respect and tried to be friendly - always. I have NEVER been condescending to anyone on this site. But your attitude is for shyte. The inital response you gave was agressive and disrespectful -FOR WHAT REASON!! How have I offended you in the past?? THAT is why I responded as I did. Because I will not put up will foggy old gits that get mad for nothing.
the thing is, that after the inital honeymoon with CD was over , vinyl types started appearing that claimed that vinyl was superiour to CD, a claim that is patently rediculous.
Recording engineers, experts, professionals of all types proclaim the inherent
superiority of CD and still you hear from "audiophile" types that think they have discovered something "new".
What you dont understand is that in 1975, seven years before the advent of CD, I was
listening to records, on Duals, gerards, you name it.
I currently have two turntables, one from the early eighties and one from the mid eighties,
both technics, one direct drive, one belt.
There is no reason these cant play a record as well as a new 5,000 rig, playing a record , despite what the marketing dept of whatever fancy rig you bought will tell you, is
rather straightfoward.
Your fancy rig works pretty much the same way as my two decade old platter, which pretty much works the same as a platter from the fifties.
CD is better, SACD is even BETTER, and while I still enjoy my albums, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEDIUM IS LIMITED.
I think that if analog types want to invest thousands in a obsolete medium with no future,
then more power to em, and to the sharks that will sell them overpriced toys
that wont outperform a twenty year old player