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Post by homeschooldad on Dec 21, 2023 5:00:21 GMT
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Post by tisbearself on Dec 21, 2023 11:27:06 GMT
That article is soooooo late to the party it's not even funny. Vinyl collecting has been a hipster thing since at least the early 00's. Which was 24 freaking years ago already! Hipster "Messenger bags" and shopping bags, often sold or distributed as band merch or label promo merch, were in part designed to let people carry around their vinyl.
Music heads never rejected vinyl, partly because it's considered collectible - you can for example buy the same record in multiple rare vinyl colors - and partly because the sound quality is different from digital and regarded by many as better, despite the fact that many collectors buy vinyl just to have it and they never actually play it.
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Post by farronwolf on Dec 21, 2023 14:47:33 GMT
Vinyl really is a pain in the rear.
A while ago my 20 year old, who has some of his own vinyl, wanted a crappy Crosley stereo from my mothers place when we moved her to a assisted living to play his records on. I told him that it would mess up his albums and sound like crap. Of course he had to try it for himself, since at his age dads don't know much. Yes, it sounded like crap.
On the way to dinner one night I asked him if they still sold Technics SL1200 turn tables. He looked it up and said, yea, but they are really expensive. I informed him that I had one of them up in my closet from the mid/late 80's. The next weekend, we did some rearranging in the game room and hooked up the turn table to the stereo. I pulled out my record cleaning and anti static stuff and showed him how to properly clean an album before playing it.
Once he was able to hear an album played on a good turn table, run through a good Yamaha amp, and a set of Klipsch speakers, he realized why vinyl still has a place when listening to music. Not too often, but every once in a while, I will catch him in the game room with a new album listening to it before he puts it up and goes back to his digital music listening.
Vinyl does sound better to me, but it really is a pain in the rear.
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Post by tth1 on Dec 21, 2023 14:55:36 GMT
I grew up when we only had vinyl. Most weeks I would go and buy the No. 1 single. I'd then listen to my records in my bedroom. I still have a turntable and when we got the current system I was determined it would have one. I'm no longer interested in vinyl. I've kept some stuff but I never play it. That may keep its value if one day my children can sell it for anything. I doubt it as I have nothing special. The world has moved on and so have I. My music now is all digital. My brother is a big vinyl fan and believes it is better quality. I firmly disagree. Mind you he spent $000's on speakers so may be he does get a better sound as he claims.
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Post by theguvnor on Dec 21, 2023 18:28:48 GMT
I have loads of old vinyl records, some inherited from my mother and late uncles. Their kids didn't share their interest so it went to me. There are a few rarities in there and at some point I need to get it valued. I also have a Technics Turntable, although it currently lives in storage. I like the feel of vinyl but it can indeed be a chore setting it all up. And Crossley does indeed make appalling turntables. I used a budget stereo from a similar company with a CD player in the sitting room for my father to listen to CDs and the radio. However, this is because he can't cope with anything too complicated and if I set up a whole stack system he'd get very confused by it.
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Post by ralfy on Dec 26, 2023 23:28:26 GMT
I remember one article from a sound engineer testing various devices vs. what the ear can handle, and found out that the one with the best quality besides digital is reel to reel.
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