Why vinyl

@mdalton 

"Yep, I try to take care of my aging father-in-law as best I can (he’s 90), and the single most important thing for him is he needs to keep moving, rather than just sitting in front of the tv and wait to die.  If only I could get him interested in vinyl?  He’d have to get up out of that chair every 30 minutes or so.  Alas, he can barely hear, and has never had much interest in music."

We've spent the last 20 years looking after our 3 surviving parents while approaching late middle age and all that entails ourselves. They become incredibly needy and because of the lifestyle that generation led its inevitable that they all but completely lose their mobility. My partners father spent five years in a wheelchair from heart failure, type II diabetes, leaky valves and extreme edema in his lower legs and he passed away a year ago last October at the age of 95, now its just the two of us.

All you can hope to do is the right thing. Ultimately, its a healthy learning experience and while he was still mobile and living in his own home, we were able to provide a great deal of enrichment so the three of us wound up becoming best friends and we only became closer up until his passing.

@ctlesq 

"Vinyl is just sex."

Mmm, sex!

@oddiofyl 

"Listening to Morphine Cure For Pain.   This album sounds so big and so live compared to it's CD counterpart."

I bought the Runout Groove of Cure for Pain No 000087 based on a review from one of the leading hifi magazines and immediately hooked. I currently have their complete studio discography on vinyl and they're from the neighborhood!

@gjfalls 

"The world has a need for purists!"

Thank you, sir, yes it certainly does! All the best with your vinyl endeavors.

For me the goal is to be a vinyl playback ninja.  That's how I envision an impressive, audiophile master.  Like a Samurai who wields an ancient weapon with hard-won skill and precision, they can use modern forms of combat, but know there is but one that really defines who and what they are.  

@audiodidact 

"For me the goal is to be a vinyl playback ninja.  That's how I envision an impressive, audiophile master.  Like a Samurai who wields an ancient weapon with hard-won skill and precision, they can use modern forms of combat, but know there is but one that really defines who and what they are."

At your age?

You think me not vinyl because of my age, do you?

@audiodidact

You think me not vinyl because of my age, do you?

No, because you might fall and break a hip or something!