coffe or wine ; digital or analog

[aKnyght]

it would be interesting to hear folks' answer to the audiophile version of the age old question: if you had to give one up which would you choose to keep: coffee or wine (caffeine or alcohol)?

> for those having both analog and digital sources -- if you had to give one up, which source would you keep?

just to keep things interesting and on an otherwise level playing field, assume you have the exact same library of titles for each.

also, feel free to answer the coffee or wine question as well.

please note: this is NOT a which is better question. it is simply and effort to discover which source has the highest level of satisfaction and, thereby, commitment.
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as i only have a digital source at this time, i will just choose a beverage to keep: coffee -- although not sure it is worth living without either.

 

[Randy Myers]

Wow... tough... I like wine but coffee... no way. Plus my main adult beverage is Brandy, so wine would have to go....Dam, I just got back into vinyl, but since I have recently been doing much more headphone listening, and for portable use, etc., I would have to sadly say bye bye to vinyl

 

[still-one]

Coffee sucks. This one's easy for me.

 

[Randy Myers]

But Jim, you avoided the main question that was asked .

 

[aKnyght]

clarification: in the "coffee or wine" question please feel free to substitute your favorite form of "caffeine or alcohol"

 

[Oly]

For me, the convenience of digital (Roon, Tidal, FLAC library, iPad control) outweighs the sonic advantage of analog. The alcohol/caffeine decision is too difficult to answer.

 

[still-one]

But Jim, you avoided the main question that was asked .

It was the easier of the two questions to answer.

 

[CPP]

Get rid of any alcohol, and I will keep my LP's and CD's.

 

[brad225]

Though i really enjoy a cup of fresh black coffee I would take wine or the equivalent any day.

Wait, don't some coffee shops serve beer and wine. I won't even need to give up friendly faces. The morning glass of wine would not work out very well though. Well, at least from a productivity stand point.

As for music, I'm digital only.

 

[Phishphan]

But can I throw some Bailey’s in my coffee?


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[crwilli]

To the first question, I would give up coffee. As to the second question, easy, I am digital only already.

 

[Mike]

I would give up wine and I would give up digital. The A2D process remains the weak link in the chain for digital and I can’t live without my cup of Joe in the morning.


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[the professor]

with enough alcohol who cares about caffeine

 

[u-sound]

with enough alcohol who cares about caffeine

me! espressos after enough wine is good life!
when i wake up in the morning i am always a bit dizzy in my brain until coffee comes to my mind. then i get up within seconds and run to the machine. 1st thing of every new day. i love that morning coffe so much i cant express. i can easely skip the other 3-5 i drink usually through the day but not the morning one. nerver would i skip wine!
best to free the mind from hypothetiically bad choices

 

[UltraFast69]

I’m an audiophile, compulsive - I’ll take them all please


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[Mikado463]

twenty years ago the answer would have been simple..... analog / vinyl. But today as I'm cruising towards 70 it's just as simple..... digital. It's gotten better and my hearing has gotten less so.

As for my coffee and my whiskey, don't mess with me on either !

 

[Kingsrule]

For me it's what is more real and that would be digital source and wine

 

[Calvin]

Difficult. Keurig makes a machine now that does cocktails. :celebrate008_2:



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[Mr Peabody]

Have to have the coffee and as much as I love some LP's I've collected over the years, I'd have to keep the digital.

 

[brad225]

So, maybe you make a mistake and use Vodka instead of water for coffee sometime.

I have seen these displayed at the local wine & spirits store. They rolled it out with a women trying to do demos. Short skirt, tight top and not many takers for a drink machine sample.

I just think it would be more work to mix a drink in this than the old fashion way. To say nothing of all of the cleaning.

Difficult. Keurig makes a machine now that does cocktails. :celebrate008_2:

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