Why vinyl

@pindac 

Why Not Vinyl

A few years ago, I gave up vinyl for good logical reasons not unlike the points you outline. Yet, I missed so much about it including the sound so now it’s back.

I have a music server with downloads, ripped cds, sacds, etc. and Qobuz, too. Streaming is great. But, there’s something indefinably special about vinyl records. 

It’s not a completely rational thing and that’s exactly as it should be. There’s a connection that’s not there with streaming for all its good points. Plus, records are something I share with friends and my kids. They give pleasure and no further justification is required.

Blind reverend Gary Davis

What a guitar player! I used to try to play some of his tunes, but never got anywhere near his sound.

Did you know why ?

Gary Davis never merely played guitar...

He baptized his guitar with a Christian name like a person and he spoke to her  when playing asking her to answer...

Difficult to compete with this interaction...

His albums were my only one with few John Lee Hooker and Billie Holliday  in blues singing or jazz singing when i was very young ignoring  in a snubbish" way that jazz even exist...

In the three case here i was mesmerized by the voices more than by the music...

I was a human voice  music explorer but not in the popular flow except few exceptions... more into religious and classical...

Nowadays i appreciate jazz from  all over the world ...

When you own a very bad system/room you listen only what you are in love with ...(Bach)

it was my case till a decade ago when i learn how to optimize my system...

 Back to blind reverend Gary Davis his singing was not an act but a deep gesture from which his guitar playing was the resonance ...

@mahgister

It’s long overdue for me to revisit Rev Davies’ work, both the ragtime/blues and the religious side which I don’t know so well. Like so so many of my generation I preferred the Devil’s music back in the day. I am more open minded now - my soul may be damned, but I can still enjoy righteous music.

Having said that, one of his religious songs, There's a Bright Side Somewhere became something of an anthem for me because it symbolised my wife's struggle with cancer.

When you own a very bad system/room you listen only what you are in love with ...(Bach)

That’s the great thing about having a good hifi, it enables you to enjoy a wide range of unfamiliar music. Genre no longer matters so much.

Always worth a Visit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NFywQdeKSo

Someone mentioned sailboats above. I used to have a 26' sloop, and with it came a coffee mug that said "Sailing is like standing under a cold shower and tearing up £20 notes."

While I don't sail any more, maybe there are similarities with vinyl.