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Vinyl, vinyl, vinyl.

Floor standers in one room, vinyl and streaming, walls semi-treated, speakers 10’ apart, sitting position 9’ from speakers, great sound, no critical listening, good for cranking when needed. Lots of fun.

Main rig in a dedicated treated room, 26 absorption/diffuser panels, vinyl only, speakers on stands, 8.5’ apart, 11’ to listening position, no sub, huge dynamic sound, a Vanessa Fernandez is sitting in my lap goose bumps experience.

My floors stander are 2.5 times larger but are not capable of producing the same musical experience for several reasons. Front end, amp, TT, cables aren’t as nice.

It really comes down to the master tapes, your front end’s ability to play what’s been recorded, speaker placement (tweak until you get it right, then continue to tweak, sometimes this is all it takes), room size, wall treatments and the big one, amp/speaker synergy. This is a killer.

I could not have said this better, you hit the nail on the head, bravo!!!

Phono stage every time, your new speakers won’t sound as good if you are not able to properly convey the music from the vinyl.

I am in the camp that cables do make a difference in varying degrees along with room treatments. I have a set up on the higher end and can attest to what your are saying.

I’ll kick it with you. IMO you are spot on, different cables do sound different good or bad. I use to do blind tests with my wife. She would leave the room, I would change out an IC, power or speaker cable and she knew every time something was swapped out or not.