Why do you listen to records?

 I listen to CDs and vinyl. The reason I listen to vinyl is because  A. I own it and B. It sounds wonderful. No one here is arguing the convenience of digital. Once again deep-333 brings nothing to the discussion but banal antagonizing. Tell us how you really feel about  blindfolding men and watching them shake in their pants ..

For me, it's the same reason I keep a hot rodded 1972 Alfa Romeo for occasional driving. It's nostalgic, tactile, imperfect yet exciting in a way my daily driver modern car isn't.  The modern car does everything well without much engagement. It corrects problems automatically with traction control, ABS, cruise control, lane change warnings and so much more. Yet, it doesn't provide the joy of driving that hot rodded Alfa. The Alfa experience is far more engaging, requiring my regular attention, and always leaving a smile on my face, except when she's fussy. Even at those times, the mental and mechanical challenges to "make her right" bring me joy that no modern car can bring.

For me, vinyl is nostalgic, imperfect, fussy at times, Yet, vinyl is far more engaging and tactile than streaming or CD's, which I listen to regularly (my daily drivers).

However, when I want that special experience, and I'm willing to invest my time and effort, it's hard to beat the joy of vinyl.  Vroom, vroom!

There's a guy who shows up at my house every other weekend. We hang out and he gets introduced to new artists everytime he's here. He'll bring records and do the same, introduce me to artists i hadn't run into.

There was one specifically that blew his mind not too long ago (i played him the cd and it was a decent recording, nothing spectacular). He insta-orders the record while he was sitting in my house....A week later, he shows up with the brand new record, he plays it on my reference turntable and the pressing  just sounds bad.

A few weeks later, I ask him if he's been playing that album in his house....and..he says no.. He says the pressings quality was not letting him enjoy it.

His vinyl fanaticism and the inability to be medium agnostic made him abandon the artist.

I find that UNACCEPTABLE!!

Cuz:

(1) I have thousands of LPs and 45's and the sound is great.

(2) Looking for an old gatefold from high school that still has crumbs of weed in the spine!