What type of source would you use if you have only one choice to go with ?

What source ?

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Paul

Paul

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1. Analog (Vinyl & R2R )

2. CD ( CD and SACD)

3. DAC

You have only one choice ! What would that be ? :hey:
 
Right now it is definitely #1. I do wonder what happens in the future if I don't have the manual dexterity to handle a tonearm.
 
Deafone said:
Right now it is definitely #1. I do wonder what happens in the future if I don't have the manual dexterity to handle a tonearm.
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How are you going to handle your crank? :disbelief:
 
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The amount of vinyl I have FAR outnumbers any other formats in my possession.
 
I have all because there is no way to enjoy music totally by having just one, but if i have to , then CD/Digital , trumps all with convenience, selection , portability, et al ...


BTW , I have more analog than Digital
 
I only have one source, and it's not any of the ones listed, closer to 2 and 3 combined, definitely not 1 (ever) :hey:
 
If I only had one - digital. Not that it sounds better but - i still want it on my phone/car/etc. and music everywhere is better than better music in one place.
 
I left analog back in 1998. I'm all digital these days; however, lately I've been craving some of that analog musicality that digital (even the best) can't provide.

With that stated, it's quite cool to have 2K+ recordings accessible from my NAS via my iPad by just clicking on the Lumin app. And, 25M+ songs available thru Tidal.
 
#1 for me. I very rarely listen to digital on my system. The only digital I listen to is Tidal and I do that mostly to find things to buy on vinyl.
This is on my home system. At work its the opposite.
 
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R2R may be better but the choice of recordings available is a joke and their price is a joke too.
 
Only one source well it depends on where I am, I can't take my TT with me on long vacations to some place in the US other than my home. I can't take my TT when I drive around in my car on a long trip. I don't own thousands of LP's ( hundreds) I really haven't seen anyone getting by TSA while carrying their TT to listen to music, while at the beach with the wife, I use my smart phone and some good ear buds, so for a total general use "everywhere" one source, I'm picking door number three = digital.

My Astell Kerns Ak240 along with my smart phone does just fine when I'm away from home. Now if I'm stuck at home with No where to go, and since I enjoy music, it's my Lumin 90% of the time since it allows me the choice of a vast music selection from downloads, my rips from SACD's and CD's, and its excellent access to Tidal. Now if I like something I hear on Tidal and if its available on LP, I buy the LP, because I do enjoy vinyl.. But a lot of the music I grew up with is NO longer around on vinyl which makes my music source selection easy. Its all about the music. Without the music you actually enjoy, a source just becomes another box on a rack.
 
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