I have 35+ year old Dynaco speakers hooked up to a 3 year old Onkyo receiver, I'll take those speakers to my grave! Up until a month ago, I had my sound card on my computer hooked up to the 35+ year old JVC receiver that came with the speakers so I could run regular speakers on my computer. Then the receiver finally died, so now I have to find another old receiver for cheap!

As for albums sounding better than CD's, not to my ears! I have 100's of albums and a good turntable, there is no sound that can be produced by an album that can't also be reproduced by a CD. The opposite is true though as CD's have a larger dynamic range. The big problem is that so many CD's are engineered and mixed by people with less talent than the people who mixed the albums in the past. Pops and clicks aren't warmth to my ear.