Vinyl has to be looked after, too much effort for somebody as clumsy as me. I am a bit of an audiophile myself and there is other options.
I have never actually seen a SACD but I have some bootleg concerts that are in 24BIT/96khz audio. SACD never did take off did it?? These days where people aren't bothered about quality. MP3ing everything as they do.
I could not live without a walkman(of some kind--It has to play flac tho) I have an Ipod Classic that is modified to run Rockbox which allows you to play FLAC(16bit and 24 bit audio) So I can maintain the high quality.
You can transfer transfer vinyl to the computer and record in 24/96 and losslessly compress to FLAC for storage of the files. This way you don't have to risk damaging the vinyl by constant use.
This being said. Record companies/Sites/ETC should sell 24/96 FLAC files rather than mp3s. You can convert them afterward to whatever lossy format you desired(if mp3 is ur thing). They wouldn't have to charge so much for the music and you have the exactly same quality as you would playing the vinyl.
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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy
Just renewing vinyl collection, the problem is Audiophile quality Vinyn costs the earth
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