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Vinyl Records: Do you still Buy / Listen to them...?

NedNickerson

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I still occasionally play my vinyl LP's, particularly my classical albums, a lot of which still have not been released on CD's. There are several record shops in Memphis that I visit occasionally, and once in awhile I will still buy vinyl albums provided the record is in very good to mint condition... I recently found a sealed copy of Gorecki's Third Symphony on vinyl... What a treat that was!

As for record players, would you agree that a really good sound system beats digital audio?

And I miss the BIG album covers... I used to would spend HOURS in a record store, thumbing through the albums, reading the liner notes on the back...
 
Buy: No.

Listen: No. (no good equipment)

Have: Yes, everyone I ever had, I am keeping to my death.

Album Covers: You are exactly right.

Sound: You are exactly right. Vinyl has a much warmer sound.

Gorecki: don't know him. Will check out.
 
no records, no record player. I have tapes, but no casset player. so I will probably get rid of those soon too. Maybe today now that the suject has come up. Though I AM suprised how many people still buy records even though no one makes them anymore. There are three shops here in lakewood that carry records only, and are quite busy.
 
Vinyl is more expensive and harder to get into than investing in a decent digital audio rig (i.e. CD or HDD-to-computer rig).
 
I have a bunch and I did listen to them once a year untill my record player broke two years ago. Now I have to shell out about $100 to get a new one but it's been 2yrs so far and I haven't done it so I may just chuck them when I get tired of looking at them.
 
I still have my favorite ones also but I never listen to them. I do have a turntable but its not hooked up. Sometimes I stop at the used record store and go a little gaga looking at records again. I still buy em also.

And those gorgeous large covers! I really miss em!
 
i'm 19 and from when i was 17 i started to collect records, but only 80s records as i can't stand other decades. I hav over 200 records and 50 or so casettes, i don't know anyone my age who has more records than me.
 
I wouldn't mind Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones and The Doors on vinyl. All I'd need is a player.
 
I still have a little vinyl left.

I had hundreds of albums when I was a kid, but I replaced most of CD and the ones that sucked I just forgot about.

I don't have a turntable anymore, so I need one. I do miss listening to my records.
 
I love vinyl! I do like to collect. The artwork is much more amazing and represented better. Vinyl is still produced, but mostly come from "indie" bands were vinyl is part of the community. Sure the quailty is not top notch but listening to albums on vinyl is great.
 
I don't think I've ever listened to a record. But my parents are keeping theirs in a safe place. Not sure why... they don't have a player.
 
Vinyl, yes, plenty of vinyl that I've collected over the years. I also have a respectable collection of shellac. Yes shellac. That would be original 78rpm records that belonged to my grandmother. Many date to before World War One. Since there was no equalization standard at the time they're a pain to make sound good. Basically I connect the turntable to a pre-amp to an equalizer on the computer, a digital filter can get rid of much of the surface noise and crap and then they sound pretty good. In a hundred years I wonder how many CDs and iPods will still play?
 
I have a great collection, and yes, I do listen to them often.

It's fun to hear records from the 70's and 80's; the orchestrations are so different.
 
Ned Nickerson said:
As for record players, would you agree that a really good sound system beats digital audio?

Click to expand...


In short, Yes.

I have about 12 grand invested in my audio system, (not bragging...it's just
the truth) And yet, with all of the 'advancements' in digital audio, I *still* say that nothing quite captures the sound of an acoustic guitar or grand piano
like vinyl does.

I have, maybe, 5,000 or so vinyl albums in my collection, and although it's been years since I've bought an LP, I wouldn't dream of getting rid of any of them.

There is indeed a 'warmth' to the strum of a string that for whatever reason, digital cannot reproduce.

The album "Hotel California" is a perfect example. Those opening notes that most of us know by heart sound ten times more 'natural' on an LP than they do on the state of the art 5.1 audio CD.

In my own head, the CD sounds like a sterile operating room, the LP like a comfortable family room.

Plus, that LP is a good example of the album art that is sadly missing today.
I can remember being a little kid, staring at that gate fold wide-eyed...it actually added to the experience of listening to the music. (Until my older cousin grabbed it to roll a joint....but I suppose that's another thread. ;) )

Alas, things change, I suppose.

But, perhaps not always for the better.
 
There is nothing like listeing to classical music on vinyl. I wish I had a better record player though.
 
I have a turntable, and yes it is hooked up. I have 50 or so records, and some are audiophile quality. They were sold in a separate section of the store. Many would buy two copies of the album to preserve one, and play the other. As stated above, there is much of the music that is lost in cd's. It is most noticable at the mid-range of the music. Its nice to see some people appreciate good sounding music. I wish a good, new stylus for my turntable wouldn't cost as much as a new set of Michelin tires.......
 
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