It is a gimmick and I think people are right to call out it being over sold as a superior experience -that aspect feels scammy to me. I think that's a large par

It is a gimmick and I think people are right to call out it being over sold as a superior experience -that aspect feels scammy to me. I think that's a large part of the negative reaction from myself and other people. That doesn't mean that the appeal of holding a record, reading the cover and liner notes while relaxing to the music, comparing the labels of different eras of the record company (something that's preserved on my Black Sabbath cds though that's a little confusing because I thought they were on Rhino but I haven't checked either), the detail of the art and all of that -doesn't have value, and isn't worthwhile. Sure -it's totally worthwhile but having lost my record collection 25 years ago I don't feel it's compelling enough to spend all of that money replacing it and giving it the physical space in my home -especially when I have everything I had then and much more either on mp3 or some streaming service or another.