Slim, I have been around for a many decades so I know exactly what you are talking about. As soon as CDs came out in the early 80s, I ditched fragile vinyl & have never gone back.

The only problem that I've found with some digital recordings is crappy mixing by the sound engineer that hasn't taken advantage of the CD format's superior capabilities. SACDs seem to fare better than many CDs as this format is thought of as an 'audiophile' format. In my collection, they are mixed correctly with no apparent compression hence giving great dynamic range.

As for vinyl, I just couldn't be bothered with incessant record cleaning, anti static treatments, stylus jumping in heavy bass lines, stylus noise, tape noise, inevitable scratches (click, pop, click, pop), skipping with footsteps or dancing, etc, etc.

I'll say one thing, however; exotic TTs look cool, but for me really aren't worth the trouble.

As for an explanation of 'exlabdriver', go here starting with post #371230 & read for a few pages:

#https://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/371230/Searchpage/1/Main/21531/Words/labrador/Search/true/Re:_Scoop_on_Axiom_Subs?#Post371230

Some pics here of The Labrador:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ch113+labrador&t=hf&iax=images&ia=images

TAM

Last edited by exlabdriver; 12/25/17 12:30 AM.