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| Vinyl |
   
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16 | 37.21% |
| WMA / FLAC Download CD Quality |
  
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3 | 6.98% |
| WMA / FLAC Download Studio Master Resolution |
  
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7 | 16.28% |
| AAC / AAC APPLE / MP3 or other Lossy Download |
  
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0 | 0% |
| CD |
  
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19 | 44.19% |
| SACD / SACD Hybrid 2-Channel |
  
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10 | 23.26% |
| SACD Multi-Channel |
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4 | 9.30% |
| SACD-SHM (Super High Material) |
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2 | 4.65% |
| Blu-Ray Music |
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3 | 6.98% |
| Other |
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1 | 2.33% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 43. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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#11
09-30-2011, 07:45 AM
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The answer is: "it depends". Vinyl for an "organic" sound, CD-quality or better files on my mac mini server (which gets the most airtime in my setup), or SACD, which my MVP871 plays wonderfully, especially with a few discs that lend themselves to a multi-channel listening session.
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Sources: Vinyl: Clearaudio Innovation Wood turntable with 9" Universal tonearm, Da Vinci V2 cartridge, Stillpoints SS & Stillpoints clamp, McIntosh MVP 901, Apple Mac mini via Benchmark DAC 1, Aurender N100C via Schiit Yggdrasil Control: McIntosh C1100, Mcintosh MX151 Power: Mcintosh MC2301s (front), McIntosh MC501 (center), Mcintosh MC402 (rear) Speakers: Sonus Faber Amati Futura (front and back), SF Vox center Power/connections: PS Audio Power Port receptacles, RGPC 400 pro (2) WireWorld interconnects and speaker cable 
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#12
09-30-2011, 09:05 AM
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All the others are still sleeping ! They listen to music until very late at night  !
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09-30-2011, 09:21 AM
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I would choose SACD - Hybrid, listening in two channel, as being Neck and Neck with Vinyl.
Note that the two channel tracks on multi channel SACD's are spectacular - and should probably be lumped together with the two channel hybrid SACD's when making final judgment. In general, SACD's of all persuasions are essentially excellent. (And, yes, I do know that there are some really lousy SACD's - but I listen mostly to classical and most classical SACD's are very good) SACD sound is almost as good as the best vinyl plus a lot more convenient.
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....  I have a record player and a cd player and some other stuff that sounds pretty good. MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices. DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs . Last edited by AudioNut; 09-30-2011 at 09:24 AM.
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09-30-2011, 09:38 AM
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Click on any vote total number in the poll to see who voted for each catagory.
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Dan  STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A
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#18
09-30-2011, 10:24 AM
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Vinyl what else ?
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