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What's Up With Vinyl?
a pack of wolves:
I actually have an easier time finding vinyl, since I can flick through them but my CDs are in stacks where I can only see the spines which seems to make it trickier for me to find what I want. If I'd just get around to organising them again like I used to I wouldn't have a problem with either though.
--- Quote from: RedLion on 03 Feb 2008, 15:27 ---I also don't see much reason to be buying vinyl versions of newly released albums. It's cool to have records of classic albums, but do we really need a vinyl of In Rainbows?
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I don't see why having vinyl of an old record is better than having vinyl of a new one. There are more reasons to choose vinyl over CDs than nostalgia, that's never a factor for me when I choose to buy vinyl over any other format.
PECOAE:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 03 Feb 2008, 12:32 ---CDs have spines that you can glance at and immediately recognise the artist/album, whereas records usually have to be flipped through and take up a ton of space. CDs are portable. You can play them in cars.
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about that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n33ACfZ45ys
sean:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 03 Feb 2008, 15:23 ---Even so, you can't exactly get around the fact that if your Walkman breaks, you don't lose all the CDs you played on it. If your mp3 player gets screwed up, you lose data, not just the device for playing data.
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--- Quote from: RedLion on 03 Feb 2008, 15:27 ---
Until the MP3 player breaks, as they all inevitably do, and/or your computer hard drive crashes, destroying your entire amassed music collection, if you don't have hard copies of them. Just having solely MP3s reduces the sense of having something special and meaningful that I get by physically owning an album, being able to look at it.
I also don't see much reason to be buying vinyl versions of newly released albums. It's cool to have records of classic albums, but do we really need a vinyl of In Rainbows?
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I fucking hate it when mp3 players break. To me, that's their one major downfall. And I've gone through a few mp3 players, so I realize how much it sucks to lose your entire music collection. But that's also why you back your shit up in multiple places.
However, that can be a pain in the ass, and I can see where you're coming from if you don't wanna deal with that stuff.
Like I said, in my lifetime experiences, mp3's are easier overall. They are, by no means, perfect though.
Also RedLion, if you prefer the vinyl format you're going to want to own the vinyl version of a new release, plus what a pack of wolves said.
snowball:
I'm a vinyl junky.
I find that it does sound significantly better, especially if you can spend a bit more and get a real good player. (even dollar vs. dollar, IE a $1500 CD player sounds drastically worse than a $1500 record player at least in my experience)
I feel that vinyl sounds more "real" than CD does. It may cost a bit more per album but it works out ok since used albums (particularly electronic) can be had for pennies.
In my personal opinion if one really loves music then an effort to enjoy it in its highest quality is in order. (IE vinyl, FLAC files into a good external DAC, or a good CD player)
then again i am bit of an audiophile...
anyone looking to get into vinyl should look for a decent vintage player (most of them are a bit better than what you would get new under ~400)
low budget vinyl thread on head-fi
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f7/low-budget-vinyl-source-228059/
PECOAE:
--- Quote from: snowball on 03 Feb 2008, 15:50 ---I'm a vinyl junky.
I find that it does sound significantly better, especially if you can spend a bit more and get a real good player. (even dollar vs. dollar, IE a $1500 CD player sounds drastically worse than a $1500 record player at least in my experience)
I feel that vinyl sounds more "real" than CD does. It may cost a bit more per album but it works out ok since used albums (particularly electronic) can be had for pennies.
In my personal opinion if one really loves music then an effort to enjoy it in its highest quality is in order. (IE vinyl, FLAC files into a good external DAC, or a good CD player)
then again i am bit of an audiophile...
anyone looking to get into vinyl should look for a decent vintage player (most of them are a bit better than what you would get new under ~400)
low budget vinyl thread on head-fi
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f7/low-budget-vinyl-source-228059/
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but i can't listen to it when i'm out shopping for legumes, now can i?
does it print money?
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