Speaking as a relative newcomer compared to many here, I would bring up a potentially controversial issue in the mainstream audio in magazines, forums and online reviews, which is that most of the reviewers are elderly and so all and everything revolves around the standard of “analogue” and the “old days” of vinyl. I know analogue has its charm and I believe it can sound great. I have heard analogue set ups that sound way better than digital and also digital that are better than analogue. I am also open to the possibility that all things equal at the very top of performance analogue still edges digital out. But I do NOT want to collect things, especially as records get more and more expensive. I am not interested in a house full of records and all that comes with that. Of course, I am not asking that anyone share in that sentiment. It’s just me. I listen to a lot of music, and so would need a huge collection. And I dont have any nostalgia surrounding records. My rig has always been digital. Sure, I havent been into this for 40 yrs, only 10-15. I just have different priorities.
If one spent decades perfecting a vinyl rig, and you have lots of time and joy therein, then of course all digital will be relative to that. My point is that the references to ”analogue sound,” by which I mean vinyl not analogue vs digital, is lost on many newcomers who don‘t have that experience. I dont know what to make of an ad that says something like “digital so good it is like analogue” or other such references. I suspect other relative newcomers may feel the same.
If one spent decades perfecting a vinyl rig, and you have lots of time and joy therein, then of course all digital will be relative to that. My point is that the references to ”analogue sound,” by which I mean vinyl not analogue vs digital, is lost on many newcomers who don‘t have that experience. I dont know what to make of an ad that says something like “digital so good it is like analogue” or other such references. I suspect other relative newcomers may feel the same.