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KharBevNor:
I don't buy vinyl.

The only three vinyl I remotely want are Skyclad's 'Classix Shape' picture disc (which is rarer than a smooth french armpit, to coin a racist epithet) and the original pressing of 'Bathory' by Bathory. The one where the Baphomet on the cover has glowing red eyes and the pentagram on the back is red. (They're even rarer, as they were indiscriminately burnt by fundy christians in Sweden in the eighties) and Mayhem-Dawn of the Black Hearts, just because it's so utterly kvlt.

Beyond that, I really don't see the point. Plus, there's nothing cheap I'd want on vinyl (ie oldies) that's not in my dads (unseemingly vast) collection. And the very idea of a local record store stocking vinyl from any of my favourite bands makes me chuckle.

Heartily.

But seriously, the CD is just so all round better in absolutely every way.

Inlander:
I don't buy vinyl - the absence of a record player makes it rather pointless - but my Mum has some classic L.P.s and 45s from her 60s London youth.  Best among them is a 45 of "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix.  Once you've heard that with the authentic vinyl crackle, there is no other way to listen to it.

a pack of wolves:

--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---But seriously, the CD is just so all round better in absolutely every way.
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What about the much bigger cover art? Also, splitting a record into two halves really works well for some albums. Someone once told me 'Raining Blood' sounds much better on vinyl because the it works great like that, and with the CD version (like I have) it's missing just a little something flowing as one. I definitely think that's true with 'Lift Your Skinny Wrists Like Antennas To Heaven', it's definitely much better split into four as it is on the vinyl than two like on CD, and with a changer even that effect gets diluted.

KharBevNor:
And that beats portability, better quality, increased durability, lossless transfer, multimedia bonuses, the ability to back-up and transfer data easily and everything else the CD has going for it?

And the second reason seems a bit spurious. More like a personal taste thing, really.

a pack of wolves:
I guess it is a personal taste thing, but so's pretty much everything else about music really. I just know that listening to 'Lift Your...' sounds much less amazing to my ears when I've heard the two CDs back-to-back in a changer than when I've played the vinyl. The format inevitably effects the listening experience, since all art's context-dependent.

I'm not much of an audiophile so things like the quality don't bother me unless they're really bad. I wouldn't say either format was better, just different, and I prefer one or the other depending on what I'm listening to. And as for portability, I just whack my vinyl on a tape and stick it in my trusty walkman. Problem solved!

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