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What's with the records?

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muffy:

--- Quote from: MilkmanDan ---Because they are fucking cool.
Duh.

Also, I'm a DJ, so records have many rather large advantages over CDs. And yes, you can get CD DJ Decks, and no, they're not as good.
--- End quote ---

Haha....ditto, but I now prefer CD, largely because I have such shoddy equipment in the clubs that it's a lot more likely that something will bugger up on the vinyl front than with CDs.
Also, CDs are a lot easier to replace, although there is that little tingly feeling I get when I have a 12" of an album I love, like I own it properly. Not sure why...

a pack of wolves:
There are a few reasons. For a start, vinyl art allows for a lot more scope and is usually better than CDs and I'm quite a fan of record artwork. Although this doesn't apply to 5" vinyl. When it comes to 7"es, when those releases are on CD it seems like there's a lot of wasted space to me which always seems strange like the record is incomplete in some way, I prefer them on vinyl where they fill what space is available. And vinyl makes for two distinct sides to a record. A good example of this is GYBE's 'Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven' which works much better on vinyl in my opinion. There's one track per side rather than two per CD, which breaks them up and gives them more impact for me. Those breaks caused by having to flip the vinyl over change the listening experience of any record quite a lot. And I like the whole ritual of playing records, as well as the fact that the vinyl itself quite apart from the artwork is a much nicer object than a CD, which will never look and feel as good as a big thick slab of Shellac wax.

Kai:
I personally like vinyl because personally, it's just a much more involved experience than a cd, what with the taking it out of the case, putting it on, cleaning it, putting down the needle, etc. And, although it's actually lower quality, it just sounds nicer to me. Course, it helps that most of my music sounds good with a little fuzz. And some of the music I listen to is hard to find on cd, but the two record stores near me actually carry it. Also, the only cd stores around here are the chainish stores like Sam Goody and CD Warehouse and don't carry what I need either. Bleh.

La Creme:
Most great jazz is only available on vinyl. That which isn't sounds better on vinyl. Plus, it's a bitch to listen to satanic messages and/or sped up Oingo Boingo on CD. If you have it, listen to "Grey Matter" by Oingo Boingo on a higher speed. That and "Whole Day Off".

Johnny C:
I dunno why vinyls are popular; I guess the reasons above are pretty good. I just like them because there are some albums that you can't find on CD easily that pop up in thrift stores on vinyl all the time - for some reason, Thriller's pretty common.

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