Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

I don't have a record player but my friend does and it sounds lovely and better than CD players of similar quality. I know it's been said a thousand which, sadly, seems nowt but an afterthought in this age of CD and MP3s.
times but there is an audible warmth to vinyl, a certain naturalness even; it's not that CDs sound compressed in comparison, it's that CDs sound colder and harder.

I believe most people, on hearing a CD played through a high end system and the same album on vinyl played through a high end system, would notice the difference.

I also love the size of records which afford the luxury of really appreciating the ]
If vinyls weren't so bloody expensive and if everything was still released on vinyl, I'd definitely replace my CD player with a record player.