QUOTE (krabapple @ Aug 17 2009, 19:33) 
QUOTE (extrabigmehdi @ Aug 15 2009, 23:33)
I'd just like to say that I respect Fresmer for saying that we lost something from going to vinyl to CD.
I agree with the "3d special feeling", I just can't find it when listening to CD.
And I'm saying this "from memory", I remind how vinyl were great.
But there are other aspect that are great on digital, so I don't have too much regrets.
Overall, it's like from going to coca cola, to pepsi. Not exactly the same taste,
but you can get used to it.
But in an other hand, I think spending $350,000 on a stereo system is stupid .
Unless you have an insane amount of money to spend. And even it's the case ,
there might be wiser ways to spend such amount of money.
I agree with the "3d special feeling", I just can't find it when listening to CD.
And I'm saying this "from memory", I remind how vinyl were great.
But there are other aspect that are great on digital, so I don't have too much regrets.
Overall, it's like from going to coca cola, to pepsi. Not exactly the same taste,
but you can get used to it.
But in an other hand, I think spending $350,000 on a stereo system is stupid .
Unless you have an insane amount of money to spend. And even it's the case ,
there might be wiser ways to spend such amount of money.
I'm in my late 40's, so I grew up with LPs (and eventually sprang ~$600, early 80's bucks, for an 'entry level' audiophile TT/cart).
I miss the lovely and sometimes elaborate packaging.
Other than that I don't miss anything about them.
We are both avid Yes fans. What are your favorite versions of Tales from Topographic Oceans, Relayer, The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, Yessongs and Fragile? I would miss the Piros masterings of The Yes Album, Close to the Edge and Yessongs, the Peckam mastering of Relayer, The Hoffman/Gray mastering of Fragile and the first U.K. mastering of Tales. I would very much miss them with the sound of my Forsell/Koetsu combo.