slowGEEZR
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I've just finished listening to Joni Mitchell's album, "Blue" on CD and vinyl, back to back. Both are new releases put out by Reprise, Warner Bros. records. I was struck by how much better the vinyl sounded on my system. There was a "realness" to the vinyl, like Joni was performing in front of me rather than sounding like a great recording, which is what the CD sounded like. What really stood out was that I could hear her voice like it was coming from her body rather than from the speakers. An actual person was singing. But, it wasn't just Joni's voice, the guitars sounded earthier, with more substance to them, also. All in all, simply more convincing!
It seems to me that we're all here because we love great sounding music. I've heard some great sounding systems that cost many times what my system cost, but I haven't heard those systems using vinyl. I wonder just how good they would sound if the source was vinyl? Oh well, as my system gets better and better, I guess I'll find out. The next step for me is add the Benchmark DAC to improve the CD sound. Cheers, Steve.
It seems to me that we're all here because we love great sounding music. I've heard some great sounding systems that cost many times what my system cost, but I haven't heard those systems using vinyl. I wonder just how good they would sound if the source was vinyl? Oh well, as my system gets better and better, I guess I'll find out. The next step for me is add the Benchmark DAC to improve the CD sound. Cheers, Steve.