Totally agree. Case in point: myself. I have never owned a record player nor any vinyl records. I have owned a Walkman which was a hand-me-down from my older

Totally agree. Case in point: myself. I have never owned a record player nor any vinyl records. I have owned a Walkman which was a hand-me-down from my older brother and I used it for a couple of years before it got accidentally broken. Then I owned and used CD players (a mini stereo and a Discman) for about 5-8 years after that. Ever since then I've owned mp3 players and/or streamed music onto my computer / devices. The drop in audio quality/fidelity from switching to digital formats notwithstanding, I still very much listen to music very deliberately and very purposefully. I actually try not to just play music as background noise while I work (I listen to podcasts instead). Instead, I make time to experience music during my walks or at home. I do this regardless of the medium. To suggest that vinyl records is the only way to truly experience music is almost to suggest that people who don't own record players don't really like or care about music which is grossly untrue. And also, collecting and curating your vinyl collection is not the only way to be active about music.