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Sorry but vinyls don't offer anything but nostalgia for "old, good times", and approach to the audiophile crowd of insane people. I don't buy into these crackl

Sorry but vinyls don't offer anything but nostalgia for "old, good times", and approach to the audiophile crowd of insane people. I don't buy into these crackles. I stopped using MP3. A high quality OPUS file format is the way to go for me. I can take the whole music library in my pocket to the places with no internet, listen through good enough in-ear headphones, or with a small speaker (if for more people), and charge that stuff with a small foldable solar panel on the go, next to the tent. Try this with your gramophone. YMMV.

defrost 3mo ago
> Sorry but vinyls don't offer anything but nostalgia That's simply incorrect on the face of it, as others have pointed out vinyls offers a curated physical object per clump of music tracks. Maybe that's not for you, which is fine; but for a number of people, young people today and older people that grew up with records that's a different way of engaging with the media and the artists presentation of media than a faceless, artless, beige device on shuffle. A large physical album cover with artwork, lyrics, details, etc. is something that some people just like - and was liked even in the days when there was no nostalgia attached to the packaging. Yoto has a market for children because it has a device driven by physical cards. ~ https://yotoplay.com/ https://yotoplay.com/ Yeah, I've got an original metal tin from a 1968 purchase as a child: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdens%27_Nut_Gone_Flake#Design_and_packaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdens%27_Nut_Gone_Flake#Desig...
intrikate 3mo ago
I mean, I could take an amplifier, my speakers and my turntable all with a big battery station anywhere I want to play records. Less convenient, sure, but "I can take it with me!" is not the win you expect here, haha.
nephihaha 3mo ago
The best thing about vinyl is the covers. The artwork and sleeve notes look great due to the size. Cassettes and CDs don't work as well that way.

defrost 3mo ago

> Sorry but vinyls don't offer anything but nostalgia That's simply incorrect on the face of it, as others have pointed out vinyls offers a curated physical object per clump of music tracks. Maybe that's not for you, which is fine; but for a number of people, young people today and older people that grew up with records that's a different way of engaging with the media and the artists presentation of media than a faceless, artless, beige device on shuffle. A large physical album cover with artwork, lyrics, details, etc. is something that some people just like - and was liked even in the days when there was no nostalgia attached to the packaging. Yoto has a market for children because it has a device driven by physical cards. ~ https://yotoplay.com/ https://yotoplay.com/ Yeah, I've got an original metal tin from a 1968 purchase as a child: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdens%27_Nut_Gone_Flake#Design_and_packaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdens%27_Nut_Gone_Flake#Desig...

intrikate 3mo ago

I mean, I could take an amplifier, my speakers and my turntable all with a big battery station anywhere I want to play records. Less convenient, sure, but "I can take it with me!" is not the win you expect here, haha.

nephihaha 3mo ago

The best thing about vinyl is the covers. The artwork and sleeve notes look great due to the size. Cassettes and CDs don't work as well that way.