My vinyl versus digital system thoughts.
Denon DCD2500NE SACD/CD player.
Clearaudio Anniversary turntable with Clearaudio Unify unipivot tonearm.
Audio Technica ATOC9 XML moving coil cartridge.
ProJect Phonobox DS phono stage. I've tried so many mid priced units and not found one significantly better including the Dynavector P75 MkII.
Fidelity Audio Pre120 SE preamp.
Usher R1.5 power amp.
Kef R5 speakers.
I am absolutely amazed that my CD based front end is almost completely lacking in space, depth and air when compared to the vinyl side of things. The turntable produces an immense stereo space that fills just about every cubic centimetre of the room with one sound or another. The CD on the other hand is very two dimensional. I have been making comparisons using 'When It Falls' by Zero 7 as my reference as I love the early music by this band. I have heard the albums sound more detailed in the treble when using Spendor speakers but the KEF R5's have much more bass extension and the Uni Q driver produces such a strong stereo effect. Anyhow, loving the sound of my current vinyl sound system especially the stereo depth and width so when I decided back in 2018 to dispose of virtually my entire vinyl collection I was a prat ? Wasn't I ? What I couldn't have foreseen though was what would be coming in 2020. No, not Covid but something much better. Financially I became able to afford this 'new' system. I got rid of the old Prima Luna setup and settled for this one. What an amazing move. Better than any system I have ever owned and the vinyl sound has now made up for all of those 'pissed off' days and nights where I always thought I would be so much better off with it all switched off.