I know this is blasphemous around here, but

cannotstaylong

S.O. wrote:

cannotstaylong wrote:

S.O. wrote:

I did find this relevant article. http://idolator.com/373114/why-buy-digi ... s-on-vinyl

Thanks for the article. It didn't necessarily clarify any of the confusion here, but it was still interesting to read. From everything that's been said, new recordings aren't going to sound a whole hell of a lot better on vinyl than they do on CD.

Quick question. When was it that the move away from analog recording began? I'm just trying to figure out around what time the "new" vinyl would have stopped being as superior.

Not sure. Several years ago, however, some friends and I ran across a whole bunch of reissues of great jazz records on vinyl from labels like Blue Note. We were also confused, becuase if they had been remastered digitally, we felt there wasn't any point in buying them. We asked a local record shop owner and his claim was that after 1987 the reissues had been digitally remastered. Before that, at least on the labels we showed him, still analog masters. Personally, my vinyl buying habit tends to be music up to the mid-80s. After that I just assume it's been digitally tampered with. As has already been proven though...I'm no expert!

Thanks for the response, that is helpful. I will be sure to keep all of that in mind as I work to improve my record collection. As I said in an earlier post, I have only recently started listening to vinyl, as it took me a long to to get around to buying a new stylus. So far I haven't been trying to find any vinyl from anything after about 1982, so I guess I wouldn't have run into any of the digitally remastered issues. I will be sure to keep your input in mind though.

Better Dan

I came across an Audio-Technica turntable that seems to have gotten pretty good reviews, especially for the price:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00012EYNG/ref ... B00012EYNG

Can anyone comment on this product? It looks like it has a built-in preamp but someone still recommended getting a stereo with a phono connection. Best Buy has an insignia for about 100 bucks. After that I would just need speakers then right?