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For "ownership" vinyl does not win over CDs - a format doesn't need special storage, doesn't wear each time you play it, doesn't need maintenance...and has far

For "ownership" vinyl does not win over CDs - a format doesn't need special storage, doesn't wear each time you play it, doesn't need maintenance...and has far better SNR and can be easily (and perfectly) ripped to portable data formats. I found my big CD wallet in my attic full of all my old CDs. It was all dusty and a bit moldy. Decided to re-rip a bunch of the CDs to AAC as I'd originally done so to mp3 at 160kbit way back in the 2000's. No issues reading any of them. Vinyl only wins if you're filthy rich because you make money just by having money (yay capital gains cuts!) and you need something to pump money into to impress yourself or your friends. I imagine it is a lot easier to jack off while looking at a $10,000, thirty pound marble platter turntable hooked up to a $5,000 tube amplifier, than it is the high-end twenty year old CD player you bought off craigslist for $40

loudtieblahblah 5y ago
I have 500 records. I do well. I'm not rich. I, also, have no friends. I just love music, love ritual, love big artwork that takes up a space in my life. I have a modest turntable hooked to a modest receiver. You sound overly aggressive
- jjulius 5y ago
  Quite overly aggressive. If you're not buying every record just for the sake of buying every record, and mostly just buying a record because you love it, vinyl is by no means for rich people. I'm in the same boat as you - modest income, collection double your size because I've slowly built it out of love over many, many years.
dogman144 5y ago
You can also buy a $20 vinyl album on $80 turntable with $20 speakers but what do I know.
- KennyBlanken 5y ago
  So clever, focusing on the hyperbolic sarcastic joke I made instead of my comments about how difficult vinyl is to store compared to a CD, or the fact that you degrade the record every time you listen to it, or the fact that vinyl has a fucking terrible SNR, or how easy it is to perfectly rip a CD to whatever digital file format is popular for the day.
  - dogman144 5y ago
    You really hate vinyl. Power to you. I missed it in the rest of the hyperbole, unfortunately.
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rufus_foreman 5y ago
>> Vinyl only wins if you're filthy rich because you make money just by having money (yay capital gains cuts!) and you need something to pump money into to impress yourself or your friends You doing OK?
jjulius 5y ago
Breathe, you're going to be OK.
scarecrowbob 5y ago
I got ratioed on this post, which is kinda fun. Hasn't ever happened to me that I can recall. On one level, I don't agree with you. The ritual of playing records is a real thing. And folks should enjoy what they like. On another level: yeah. A record collection is an art collection. That's okay, though. I've had both. I prefer my art collection cause it weighs less. Neither are worth anywhere near what I put into them (my musical instrument collection is nice cause at least it keep in line with inflation). Where I really agree with you: sterophile audio equipment ain't really much. That's different that a record collection though. Most of my record friends have old deep cuts and are playing on $300 players. If it helps, there was a time around the first decade of this century when you find really, really cool stuff for, like $2/album. It used to be hella cheap to be a record collector. Now though, especially if you factor in the audiophillic tendencies you point to, it very much has little to do with the medium and much to do with the milieu.
- jjulius 5y ago
  > If it helps, there was a time around the first decade of this century when you find really, really cool stuff for, like $2/album. It used to be hella cheap to be a record collector. You still can, especially if you keep an open mind and are cool with spending $2 for a record just because it looks interesting but you have no idea what's on it and/or who the artist is. I've found so many fantastic records in the dollar/discount bins in recent years.

loudtieblahblah 5y ago

I have 500 records. I do well. I'm not rich. I, also, have no friends. I just love music, love ritual, love big artwork that takes up a space in my life. I have a modest turntable hooked to a modest receiver. You sound overly aggressive

jjulius 5y ago
Quite overly aggressive. If you're not buying every record just for the sake of buying every record, and mostly just buying a record because you love it, vinyl is by no means for rich people. I'm in the same boat as you - modest income, collection double your size because I've slowly built it out of love over many, many years.

dogman144 5y ago

You can also buy a $20 vinyl album on $80 turntable with $20 speakers but what do I know.

KennyBlanken 5y ago
So clever, focusing on the hyperbolic sarcastic joke I made instead of my comments about how difficult vinyl is to store compared to a CD, or the fact that you degrade the record every time you listen to it, or the fact that vinyl has a fucking terrible SNR, or how easy it is to perfectly rip a CD to whatever digital file format is popular for the day.
- dogman144 5y ago
  You really hate vinyl. Power to you. I missed it in the rest of the hyperbole, unfortunately.
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rufus_foreman 5y ago

>> Vinyl only wins if you're filthy rich because you make money just by having money (yay capital gains cuts!) and you need something to pump money into to impress yourself or your friends You doing OK?

jjulius 5y ago

Breathe, you're going to be OK.

scarecrowbob 5y ago

I got ratioed on this post, which is kinda fun. Hasn't ever happened to me that I can recall. On one level, I don't agree with you. The ritual of playing records is a real thing. And folks should enjoy what they like. On another level: yeah. A record collection is an art collection. That's okay, though. I've had both. I prefer my art collection cause it weighs less. Neither are worth anywhere near what I put into them (my musical instrument collection is nice cause at least it keep in line with inflation). Where I really agree with you: sterophile audio equipment ain't really much. That's different that a record collection though. Most of my record friends have old deep cuts and are playing on $300 players. If it helps, there was a time around the first decade of this century when you find really, really cool stuff for, like $2/album. It used to be hella cheap to be a record collector. Now though, especially if you factor in the audiophillic tendencies you point to, it very much has little to do with the medium and much to do with the milieu.

jjulius 5y ago
> If it helps, there was a time around the first decade of this century when you find really, really cool stuff for, like $2/album. It used to be hella cheap to be a record collector. You still can, especially if you keep an open mind and are cool with spending $2 for a record just because it looks interesting but you have no idea what's on it and/or who the artist is. I've found so many fantastic records in the dollar/discount bins in recent years.