06-Dec-2014, 17:31
Actually, I don't think this is controversial, or at least, it pretty much agrees with my own observations, and this is from someone who has just bought a new turntable! The fact is, I have a lot of music on vinyl, going back many, many, years. The new turntable is there so I have something to play all this old vinyl on, and of sufficient quality to do justice to the Devialet. I love vinyl in so many ways and very often am delighted by the sound quality, when it's good, there is something special about the sound of vinyl, somehow more real and organic. (even if technically it isn't) But when buying new music, I almost always buy on CD or occasionally as hi res downloads. (Not much that I want to buy is available as 24bit) I don't see much point buying new stuff on vinyl, with DAC's of the quality of the Devialets's digital just sounds so good, and on top of this the price of some 180g offerings is crazy.
Having said that, I was stuck in a hotel a while back and they were holding a record fair in one of their conference rooms, and I did end up spending well over £100 on all sorts of strange second-hand black stuff .
Having said that, I was stuck in a hotel a while back and they were holding a record fair in one of their conference rooms, and I did end up spending well over £100 on all sorts of strange second-hand black stuff .
