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What's Up With Vinyl?
valley_parade:
Last I knew, they let you re-download everything you've lost..at thirty cents a song.
thedavo:
--- 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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this is exactly what i wanted to say, but couldnt find the right words for it. My cd player gets very little use at the moment, and it cost me a fair bit of money.
dalconnsuch:
i mostly get vinyl not because of any trivial reason like "sound quality" and "coolinessness" i get vinyls because vinyls just feel more authentic and have an almost spiritual feeling
i still have my dads old vinyl collection too, if i sold it which i'd never do i could probably get about 10 grand so its a good investement to begin with, but its mostly for the spiritual feeling, i mean c'mon, when i hold the beatles "let it be" album on vinyl its like touching a piece of the 60's while having the cd format just makes it seem... different ina worse way
snowball:
--- Quote from: dalconnsuch on 04 Feb 2008, 12:50 ---i mostly get vinyl not because of any trivial reason like "sound quality" and "coolinessness" i get vinyls because vinyls just feel more authentic and have an almost spiritual feeling
i still have my dads old vinyl collection too, if i sold it which i'd never do i could probably get about 10 grand so its a good investement to begin with, but its mostly for the spiritual feeling, i mean c'mon, when i hold the beatles "let it be" album on vinyl its like touching a piece of the 60's while having the cd format just makes it seem... different ina worse way
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you bring up some good points, but i for one don't believe sound quality is trivial. Music is sound after all, i feel that their is a direct correlation (to a point) between my enjoyment and sound quality. Not to say that I'm going to like Nsync playing on a 500k dollar setup more than my computer speakers. but to say that i do enjoy Neon Bible on my stereo more than with some ipod ear buds.
and this does effect my choice of source format.
pinkpiche:
I'm mostly just a whore for the artwork, the whole process of putting the record on and sitting with the gatefold/pocket in your lap while you rock out one-finger-hardcore-style. Then you turn it up. Repeat. Put it all back and sit and wonder why your whole room isn't filled with vinyl.
So irrational? Yeah. Essential? Damn straight.
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