Can you imagine a world without vinyl?


Can you imagine a world without vinyl?
I have been into vinyl for 49 years - since the age of 8 & cannot imagine a world without vinyl.
I started out buying 45's & graduated to 33's (what is now considered LP's).
I have seen 8 tracks come & go, still have a kazillion cassettes, reel to reel & digital cassettes - have both the best redbook player & SACD players available, but must listen to my "LP's" at least 2 hours a day.
I play CD's about 6 hours a day as background music while I'm working, but must get off my butt every now & then & "just listen to real music".
I admit to being a vinyl junkie - wih 7 turntables, 11 cartridges & 8 arms along with 35K albums & 15K 45's.
For all you guys who ask - Is vinyl worth it - the answer is yes!
Just play any CD, cassette, or digital tape with the same version on vinyl & see/hear for yourself.
May take more time & energy (care) to play, but worth it's weight in gold.
Like Mikey says "Try it, you'll like it!"
I love it!
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Showing 2 responses by jaybo

i've been a serious vinyl collector since 1966 (12 years old)...not from the standpoint that i believe it to be somehow superior fidelity....i just think lp's and 45's are cool. turntables are fun too....growing up, the serious audiophiles owned massive tape recorders (reel to reel), on top of owning turntables which were more for joe public. our local record store (remember those) stocked tons of jazz and classical on reel to reel....when reel to reel began to fade as a purist media, my father and his audio buddies mourned its demise. i could have cared less. in my mind, my friends and i related to rock music and it's primary medium..the vinyl disc. today, my wife and daugher, and most friends and associates could care less about my records. they love music, in an shape or form. its about access to music, music appreciation, and the media does not matter. hundreds of thousands of cd titles are gonna disappear slowly over the next decade...as much as my first love is vinyl..i will miss the cd too. the music you like is who you are, not the media.
vinyl was about .01 percent of all music sales in 2006. in 2005 it was .023 to total....thats not a comeback.....