Vinyl feels more real to me. I can burn CDs from my couch, I can't make a Vinyl record. It feels like it has weight to it, it has meaning, while CDs feel disposable to me.
Granted, that's a purely personal reason.
Plus, as I stated in in another thread, Vinyl forces me to listen. My ADD kicks in quickly if I have a computer with 10,000 tracks, or a CD with 25 tracks. I find myself switching songs every 30 seconds. I have no remote for my turn table, I can't click next with a mouse on my turn table. Unless I get up and switch songs, it plays from beginning to end. And that ability to force me to listen to it is worth the time it takes to find, purchase, clean, and play a record for me. It's gotten me back into actively listening to my music instead of treating it like background filler.
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