I have a friend who has about a $100k audio system ($29K loudspeakers) and he has invested heavily in both analog and CD. On his system, the best LPs crush CDs, it isnt even close and his digital stuff cost about 20K including upsamplers, jitterboxes, etc. His phono rig is also about 20K....LPs cant sound simply amazing when done right. CD is history like you mentioned, SACD and DVD-A both beat it and sound closer to LP....
Agreed. LP's have a brilliance and better presence when played through the right gear that CD's can't touch. Don't get me wrong, the quality of CD's are good, but therein lies the trouble. They are too "perfect" when it comes to sound. Digital has limits and can and often does clip the highs and lows of the original recordings. My money is on LP's all the way. Guess that's why I still listen to the well over 2500+ ones I have.
-- Gary
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