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What's Up With Vinyl?
Jackie Blue:
You're assuming that I have the money or inclination to buy a good mp3 player.
I don't want to waste money on an mp3 player, and I don't like them. With a satchel full of CDs, you can look at them and immediately pick the album you want. With an mp3 player, you have to scroll through titles. You can't just immediately reach out and pluck the CD you want out.
Plus, playing mp3s at someone's house is not always easy or even possible. Some people only own boomboxes, or own older CD players, and who wants to fuck with wires and shit when you're drunk and rocking out?
Yes, I want to own a hard copy. But again, there are a lot of albums that I have that were never issued on vinyl and a lot more that are just really hard to find.
God, I hate this discussion. People used to accept CDs and were cool with them, why is there yet another wave of vinyl purism sweeping through everyone I know?
Spinless:
I have over 200 CDs. Infact, I'm looking at them right now. What an embarrassing sight! They're great for storage, great for burning your own playlist, but I don't understand purchasing a CD for the album stored on it. The sight of an album stuffed into a jewel CD case is something that I really dislike now. I love making my own mix CDs and crafting elaborate cases, I don't hate the format completely. £10 for an album on disc? I don't get it. £10 can buy me like, 100 CDRs that I could put my own media on.
sean:
Okay I'm gonna try playing with fire here and argue with your points Zerodrone.
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 03 Feb 2008, 13:26 ---You're assuming that I have the money or inclination to buy a good mp3 player.
I don't want to waste money on an mp3 player, and I don't like them. With a satchel full of CDs, you can look at them and immediately pick the album you want. With an mp3 player, you have to scroll through titles. You can't just immediately reach out and pluck the CD you want out.
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I do agree with you on the price on mp3 players. If you really don't want an mp3 player, they're still pretty expensive for a good one. But is it really that much more trouble to scroll through a list of bands/albums/songs than it is to fumble through jewel cases and have do switch cd's out of a player?
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 03 Feb 2008, 13:26 ---Plus, playing mp3s at someone's house is not always easy or even possible. Some people only own boomboxes, or own older CD players, and who wants to fuck with wires and shit when you're drunk and rocking out?
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Well, yeah, most people only do own boomboxes. And most people don't have enough money for good iPod speakers, since they're all overpriced as hell. But most (read: practically all) boomboxes have tape players, and is it really that hard to just have just one of these in your tape player. They only cost about $5-10 US. And again, even drunk, is it that much harder to scroll through a list than to deal with jewel cases?
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 03 Feb 2008, 13:26 ---Yes, I want to own a hard copy. But again, there are a lot of albums that I have that were never issued on vinyl and a lot more that are just really hard to find.
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Well, I can't really say anything to this. If you really want the hard copy that bad, CD's would probably be easier. Being only 16 and growing up with mp3 players becoming big, I think it's just easier to own a digital copy.
But whatever. As tommy said, each to their own.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 03 Feb 2008, 14:06 ---Being only 16 and growing up with mp3 players
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Apple Pie:
--- Quote from: bbqrocks on 03 Feb 2008, 13:21 ---But seriously, vinyls do look cooler.
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Sure they do. But if that's the only reason you're buying them, then that's just stupid.
Personally, I don't listen to my music loud enough to notice the difference between a vinyl and a cd. I find CDs (or MP3s...not so much for my MP3 player, but for the fact that I enjoy listening to music most whilst I'm on the computer) more convenient. I buy music for the music, not for the 'cool factor'.
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