So I found a bunch of vinyl at my parents house that I had as a kid, alot of which I had not replaced on CD, and decided to get an entry level TT to see if I am interested in getting into vinyl. Chris hooked me up with a P1 and Fono Pre and I got them set up last night.
Wow. I expected great sound, but I am shocked at how good the sound is of vinyl. I thought i was just hearing it because I wanted to, so I pulled out joshua tree, CD and vinyl and went back and forth and there is no comparison. The openess, airy quality of the vinyl is so much more relaxing to the ear. And I swear the bass is more defined on the vinyl. So I switched to Born to Run LP and the remastered CD that came out last year. In this case, the CD is closer to the vinyl, but still lacking. It was really noticeable on jungleland. The sax solo that I thought was so vibrant on the CD sounded a little dull when compared to the vinyl.
I think I am seeing the beginnings of why people are so high on vinyl. Pretty amazing actually.
The thing that always scared me of turntables is setup, etc...and I have to say I love the P1 simply because of its ability to allow a dumb guy just getting into vinyl a chance to play with it without me spending hours getting set up...really cool.
And yesterday I was scouring local craigslist for other random crap and ran across a guy with a nitty gritty record doctor, new in the box, that he had been given new as a gift, but never got around to using it before he got out of vinyl, so he was selling for $150...picking that up today. Looking forward to seeing the difference with truly clean vinyl as well!