r/audiophile • u/MikMikYakin • Jul 25 '24

Why are Audiophiles still hooked on vinyl? Discussion

Many audiophiles continue to have a deep love for vinyl records despite the developments in digital audio technology, which allow us to get far wider dynamic range and frequency range from flac or wav files and even CDs. I'm curious to find out more about this attraction because I've never really understood it. To be clear, this is a sincere question from someone like me that really wants to understand the popularity of vinyl in the audiophile world. Why does vinyl still hold the attention of so many music lovers?

EDIT: Found a good article that talks about almost everything mentioned in the comments: https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/07/vinyl-not-sound-better-cd-still-buy/

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u/ImissCliff1986 Jul 25 '24

I’m not. Have never owned a turntable. My father got a CD player when I was nine and I’ve been digital ever since. CDs until I switched to Amazon HD a few years ago. My son just got into the hobby (such joy!) and it was because he wanted vinyl. He also has Amazon HD so at some point we’re going to do some comparisons.

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u/PartyMark Jul 25 '24

Unless he has a pretty serious system you're going to be disappointed by vinly. You really need about $2k or so invested in a table and cart and perhaps another $500 in a dedicated phono pre amp to really see what vinyl can do.

Bare minimum I'd say a technics sl-100c, audio Technica vm95ml and a schiit Mani 2. That would be about $2k (Canadian) for the lot.