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Lots of nice technical justifications for and against each format, but frankly, who cares?
Surely we buy kit to listen to err... music.

Assuming that's the case, and you're not doing it for willy waving ego trips, isn't the right approach to maximise what you have and what your musical taste is generally produced on?
What I mean by that is that I have probably 500ish CDs and zero LPs. Doesn't really matter if I prefer LP or CD. Most of my CDs would be very difficult to place on CD, don't mind about on LP, so why would I buy into a different format when I can't listen to what I want?

Clearly there is an argument that I could buy CD and LP front ends. Unfortunately it's simply not something I agree on. My view is that the systems I've heard seem to be optimised for either LP or CD. I've only heard one that sounded the same on both, and that's one out of LOTS. So why bother splitting funds between source type when you can focus on the one that does it for you?

<blockquote data-quote="Mr_Sukebe" data-source="post: 663562" data-attributes="member: 1018">Lots of nice technical justifications for and against each format, but frankly, who cares?Surely we buy kit to listen to err... music.Assuming that's the case, and you're not doing it for willy waving ego trips, isn't the right approach to maximise what you have and what your musical taste is generally produced on?What I mean by that is that I have probably 500ish CDs and zero LPs.&nbsp; Doesn't really matter if I prefer LP or CD.&nbsp; Most of my CDs would be very difficult to place on CD, don't mind about on LP, so why would I buy into a different format when I can't listen to what I want?Clearly there is an argument that I could buy CD and LP front ends.&nbsp; Unfortunately it's simply not something I agree on.&nbsp; My view is that the systems I've heard seem to be optimised for either LP or CD.&nbsp; I've only heard one that sounded the same on both, and that's one out of LOTS.&nbsp; So why bother splitting funds between source type when you can focus on the one that does it for you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mr_Sukebe, post: 663562, member: 1018"] Lots of nice technical justifications for and against each format, but frankly, who cares? Surely we buy kit to listen to err... music. Assuming that's the case, and you're not doing it for willy waving ego trips, isn't the right approach to maximise what you have and what your musical taste is generally produced on? What I mean by that is that I have probably 500ish CDs and zero LPs. Doesn't really matter if I prefer LP or CD. Most of my CDs would be very difficult to place on CD, don't mind about on LP, so why would I buy into a different format when I can't listen to what I want? Clearly there is an argument that I could buy CD and LP front ends. Unfortunately it's simply not something I agree on. My view is that the systems I've heard seem to be optimised for either LP or CD. I've only heard one that sounded the same on both, and that's one out of LOTS. So why bother splitting funds between source type when you can focus on the one that does it for you? [/QUOTE]

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