I freaking love vinyl
 

I don’t know why but music always sounds better to me on records. Anyone feel the same way? What do you think is vinyl the best way to listen to an artist?

umm no i went through that phase but i love my Ipod and spotify

i would take the vinyls and rip them to Mp3 lol

i just skim through the vinyls now to maybe discover something IDK

i have to admit, i do really like my vinyl collection.

gonna be adding Muse's new album, Will of the People, to my collection in a few months.

I think in general the larger percentage of those who say "I love vinyl" are younger people just discovering it. They don't remember when all we had was vinyl, and by Christ was it a godsend when CDs came along! I'd never go back. Stylii, big paper sleeves, handling the record by the edges, blowing off the dust, hoping the album didn't skip? Nah thanks: done my time with that ****. Give me digital now and forever.

Also, people who say "vinyl sounds warmer" should be strung up from the nearest lamp post. You haven't a ****ing clue what you're talking about. Vinyl skipped, warped, hissed and popped, and you could get a max of maybe five tracks per side. Oh yeah, and you had to flip the album over. Nor could you take it with you when you went out.

Questions such as this can’t be solved unless several factors are taken into account.

A: The condition of LP’s = worn, scratched or mangled by crappy styli.

B: LP's cleanliness.

C:Production values. From inferior digital masters. New or re-cycled vinyl etc.

E: Reproduction/turntable quality. Sadly to get the best out of vinyl a serious investment in the best (not just the most expensive) turntable is required. Happily there’s a new generation of budget turntables out there able to give a lot of what vinyl is capable of.
https://www.projectaudio.com.au/coll...ono-turntables

F: To really know what’s on an LP the very best reproduction chain is required.
Instance, very few audio systems plumb the lower registers vinyl is capable of reproducing.

The list could go on and on - - - -

Given I have something like 7,600 classical LP’s and an uncounted quantity of others I’ve made a significant investment in LP reproduction gear and a dedicated ultrasonic vinyl cleaning machine etc
I was very lucky inheriting the collection of a record reviewer who ran state of the art gear and more often than not played Lp’s only once. Problem was it took me years to sort through them and throw away the recordings/performances I didn’t like..
Below is approx a third of my classical LP collection.

The above is true. To get the best out of vinyl you had/have to be an audiophile with deep pockets (or your parents had to have them). I wasn't. Either. I just enjoyed listening to music and it didn't matter to me about registers, basses, trebles, crispness, clarity or any of the other stuff audiophiles talk about. That's great for them, but I was brought up in a house where for a long time our only medium for music was an ancient (even then) radiogramme, which played 78s and sounded like the Sellafield main reactor powering up - the kind of pops that would make you rush to the window thinking someone was setting off fireworks.

My various hifis were all okay but nothing great - Ferguson, Sanyo, Sony - decent racks but nothing mad expensive, in fact one of my early stereo sound systems had to be bought on the never-never (Hire purchase) which meant I paid a certain amount every week to the store until I eventually owned it. At which point, of course, it was well out of date.

So digital music now does me fine. I'm more about the contents of the music than the way it's recorded, which is why quadrophonic stereo remixes etc don't hold any attraction for me, and why I have never missed vinyl since I phased it out in favour of Cds, Minidiscs and then MP3s. And I never will.

I decided on the CD decades ago. I can't buy vinyl for the sole reason that my CD collection is too far gone. Vinyl holds a clear advantage over every medium when it comes to packaging. Having almost a poster size insert is great.

Regardless which format survives in the long run, it's great to see that physical media hasn't died. I just can't see myself renting music via subscription. It takes away the personal experience.

Besides what I do for a living...

I'm a record collector.

I've curated my collection down/up to about 1300 records. Most are 1960's/1970's original pressings, predominantly jazz and avant-garde, but I'd say 25% is made up of newer pressings and non jazz related stuff. I got Talk Talk record. This Heat records. Kayo Dot records. Black Midi. Grizzly Bear. The f*cking Adventure Time boxset.

I collect these things. I get more enjoyment out of the collecting aspect than I do the listening. I don't say things like "vinyl is warmer". No it f*cking isn't. 75% of my listening is done digitally. I dedicate a lot of time "exploring" and finding new sounds. If I really like something, I look for the record to kind of have a keepsake of that find in physical form.

There are labels I collect too. I have a fairly impressive Folkways collection. No Pete Seeger bullsh*t. Most I collect field recordings and early electronic and ethniographic stuff. I have about 30 classical records of various pieces I like. I have a small section of weird or bizarre album covers.

I am constantly pruning and adding and subtracting. I sold something I found in the thriftstore for $1 on eBay for $1500 and bought some expensive records I've always wanted. I upgrade certain records. I adopt a few things and give em away at a later date. Lately it's all been about shelf space. I have been trimming the collection down as cool things come into the shop that I can't pass up.

That's where my vinyl interests are. I of course listen to my records. I try to find things in good shape just as one would try to find anything in good shape. I don't get mad at my records for being hissy at times. That's just how they are. I'm just glad they exist and that I have a copy.

I have a nice copy of John and Alice Coltrane's Cosmic Music, original pressing, and it has some pops. It's a f*cking rare ass record though so I don't really care. It's existence is the special part.

I forgot to answer the poll question. I haven't heard a record in so long, that I truthfully don't know if it sounds better than a CD.

u know what i like about mp3 and 4's u can edit them cut them copy them combine them with other songs DJ style shorten them lengthen them

and best of all change the eq with different styles