Vinyl rules !!!!!

[AudioNut]

For the past 2-3 months, I've been absorbed with listening to CD's and SACD's and have virtually ignored my turntables and vinyl. :sorry-3:

Today, for the past several hours, I've been listening to nothing but LP's and I am totally amazed at how much better black discs, on a good turntable, sound than silver discs.

My "main" table is a Basis Debut V, with the vacuum "hold down" system, with a Graham Phantom arm and Graham Nightingale cartridge, playing through a Pass X-Ono phono stage in the "main system" as shown below.

The most obvious difference is in the soundstaging and imaging. All of a sudden, the stage has opened up in every direction. Sound appears from space many feet outside of the speakers. Truly wall to wall and then some. The stage stretches without interruption all across the front of the room. Voices appear, incredibly lifelike, from space high above the tops of the speakers. Close your eyes and the singer is in the room with you. Instrument placement is exact and correct. Some instruments appear to come from space in front of the speakers, while others seem to come from beyond the walls - deep into my back yard. This stuff is GREAT!



I am left breathless from the experience. I'm glad that I have lots of records, maybe I'll play all of them before I go back to digital. CD's are easier, you don't have to get up as often to turn them over or whatever, They take up less space, but, folks, they just don't sound as good as records.