On 7/12/04 1:04 PM, in article _wzIc.62960$%_6.26489@attbi_s01, "Stewart
Pinkerton" wrote:

Excuse me? Even with a Rockport Sirius III, vinyl will still be vinyl.
That's the *real* difference.

Vinyl would be *what* then? I am not sure what you are getting at? That it
is somehow bad? It *is* a pain in the butt to use - but a well adjusted
turntable system works rather well.

It can never work so well as even an average CD player, because the
problem with vinyl is that the *medium* is intrinsically flawed, to a
vastly greater degree than CD.

What I have found that dollar for dollar you can get acceptable sound
performance from a CD at a much lower price point than vinyl. Vinyl,
though, if you are willing to put up with it and spend a lot more money
gives a much more satisfying result than even a comparably well executed CD
player - but it is rather fussy and not nearly as convenient as CD's.

Listening to my old Magnavox (c. 1985) CD player, the new NAD CD player, a
Bel Canto Box and my computer - I can see how it is possible to extract more
information from the CD and put it out in a well executed way. While people
may complain about CD players, it seems to me that it has been a question of
design execution rather than inherent limitations in the CD.

Still, with a well put together system, I would lean towards vinyl if money,
software availability and fussiness weren't considerations (as they always
are!). Overall, a good CD player will do it for me!