On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 23:34:05 -0400, Orlando Enrique Fiol
> wrote:

>In article >,
>wrote:
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>>On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:57:45 -0400, Orlando Enrique Fiol
> wrote:
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>>>That's some chocolate I'd love to hear and taste, especially since I love those
>>>acoustic wax cylinder recordings.
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>>I still buy and play vinyl, but have progressed to 45s and 33 & 1/3

>prefer
>to imbibe that music in digitized form and often do my own remasters to improve
>sonic clarity and reduce surface noise.

Most of the music I play is digital, in the form of lossless files
ripped from CDs and stored on this PC. From there it goes to a DAC,
then to whichever preamp/amp/ etc. I have set up at the time (I have a
few, mostly restored vintage gear. I guess it's a hobby of mine).

That said, I still like good quality vinyl as I really do prefer the
analogue sound, I often find digitised music fatiguing to listen to
and you lose subtle detail.

It all depends on the mastering etc. of course. Some digital is very
good and not fatiguing to listen to at all. Most people aren't
sensitive to the differences, but some are.

I also like the whole vinyl process, handling the record, putting it
on and you get the album cover art and other stuff which you don't
really get on CDs. I often buy both CD and vinyl if I really like a
particular release.