Just went through a bunch of the old vinyl threads. Interesting to say the least.
I recently sold my old Pioneer SX780 (a very nice example of ANALOG ss). The fella that was interested in it had just got back into vinyl. I told him the phono pre in the 780 was very nice. Then I realized I had not played the phono section in a long time. So I hooked up my Denon 128 (value, but with a nice Grado) just to make sure it still worked. Spun a Chuck Mangione and OMG! I had played that very same record a few weeks earlier thru my Sony HT (only thing I got with phono) what a stupendous difference, and the Sony had the much better speakers. Over time you just kinda forget how good ANALOG is even ss ANALOG. That is definitely one reason why the FM station I listen to sounds as good as it does and somehow better than the other local stations even tho' it is totally under powered by comparison - the studio is very old tube ANALOG.
So, whadya spinnin now?