Not in my opinion
I sold 98% of my records last year as I was fed up criticizing the record the set up cleaning the stylus, cleaning the record, checking the alignment, trying 3 other versions of the same LP to see which on sounds best ?/, record noise, snap crackle and pop. I really don't miss it.
Its a good point with reel to reel, what do you use it for ?, I use it to make mix tapes from Hi Res files on my NAS drive or Tidal, but I still love the playback quality from this format and I also think its cool as F**k, can't see me ever being without R2R
Alan
Turntable - Garrard 401/Jelco 750L/Ortofon Kontrapunkt B, Pioneer PLC 590, Micro Sieki MA505 , Denon DL103R - DIY Paradise Phono stage - Reel 2 Reel Studer A810, Otari MX55,Tascam BR20, Revox A77, B77, PR99, TEAC X1000 & 3440, Digital HTPC / Young Dac - Preamp - DIY B4, 821, Power Amp's DIY Avondale NCC300 Mono Block, Speakers Wilmslow Kit Volt BM220.8 / Scanspeak D2905/9500