Despite the many naysayers back in 1980, turntables have continued to have a strong customer base in the high-end industry--even beyond; actually it's CD sales that appear ready to go the way of the dinosaur with the advent of digital music downloading (and who nowadays wants to pay $15 for a CDs with two songs worth listening to?).
In the 30 years since the release of digital recordings, the sound and resolution of analog turntables, arm and cartridges continue to improve. I'd venture a bet that the performance of many of todays more modestly priced cartridges would outstip SOTA cartridge made 10 or 15 years ago.
So here's my question to all of you out there in WBF turntable forum. What do you think has been the biggest improvement in the design of analog playback equipment in the last 30 years?
In the 30 years since the release of digital recordings, the sound and resolution of analog turntables, arm and cartridges continue to improve. I'd venture a bet that the performance of many of todays more modestly priced cartridges would outstip SOTA cartridge made 10 or 15 years ago.
So here's my question to all of you out there in WBF turntable forum. What do you think has been the biggest improvement in the design of analog playback equipment in the last 30 years?