I have to admit. I also have gotten the vinyl bug. But I have to admit, the right disk on my 490t sounds pretty damn good! It all has to do with the recording. We got my daughter the Miley Cirus CD for Christmas, and man, what a shitty recording job. The music is maxxed out to the hilt and distorts pretty bad. Definetly not one to crank up. If you do, you know what they say about shit when it hits the fan......