I wouldn't count vinyl as a real alternative to mp3's. mp3's are more a replacement for portable stuff : cd's and cassettes. And I never heard anybody but the m

I wouldn't count vinyl as a real alternative to mp3's. mp3's are more a replacement for portable stuff : cd's and cassettes. And I never heard anybody but the most hipsters defend those. It's more like comparing vinyl to first gen non-portable cd players. I wasn't there at the time, but I imagine it was probably not obvious then either that cd players were there to stay.