When do you choose vinyl over digital?


For those who play (and buy) both vinyl records and CDs (or digital downloads or CDs ripped to a server), here's my question:
When contemplating a new purchase, something that is available on vinyl and on CD, how do you decide which to get? For me, the choice is sometimes easy -- when, say, a longtime favorite artist comes out with a new album, I'll most likely get the vinyl, adding to my collection. Others, whose work I've mostly got on CD (or don't have much of in any format) might lend themselves to picking up the shiny disc. But sometimes I can't decide.
One example: I've heard (and enjoyed) some Vampire Weekend and felt like giving them a listen. I can pick up their three CDs for a bit less than $30, or could get the trio of vinyl recordings for not quite twice that amount. I haven't pulled the trigger because I'm not sure which way to go.
When in similar straits, which way do you lean -- and why?
Thanks.
-- Howard
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Showing 2 responses by dbphd

I've recently gotten hooked on the ritual of vinyl. Playing an LP with my Thorens TD 124 and SME 3009 Series III arm with Ortofon SME 30H cartridge is part of the entertainment. So I have a number of copies of the same recording on vinyl and disc. If it just music I seek, then it's disc; if it's entertainment, then it's vinyl. The sound of the best vinyl and discs (Oppo 105 analog to Cinema 11a set to bypass) is quite close.

db
Schubert,

It's a bit like starting a vintage V-12 Ferrari: Switch on the fuel pump, wait until the clicking stops, power up the engine, enjoy the sound -- and don't forget to go easy into second until the transmission is warm. Neither is practical; both are delights.

db