Do You Regret Selling Your Turntable and Albums ?

Can’t say I miss the hassle of the vinyl experience.

Everything I owned on vinyl (and more) has been reissued so, for me, rarity isn’t an issue.

The physical surface of a record is so delicate and subject to damage, not to mention the turntable set-up headaches, agony over cartridge selection, replacement/wear issues, etc., it all adds up to time spent fussing around.

Imagine all your vinyl records stacked on top of each other, minus the cardboard & paper packaging, then think about that solid column of vinyl that’s left…how much weight that is! No thanks.

To each his own and good luck with whatever you choose.

Walking the halls of Audio Shows, hearing dozens of systems, at a wide range of value.  It was easy to distinguish digital from analogue - Analogue won every time.

These experiences have convinced me that I will always have a TT and LPs.

Just remember that the recording/pressing engineers control the sound more than a good system...

A Simple Idea for Saving Space

I have a pretty large collection of classical music CDs. I’ve never really warmed up to streaming—CDs sound better to my ears, and I really enjoy the artwork and booklets that come with them.

For standard jewel cases, I take out all the printed inserts—front and back covers, along with the booklet—and place everything together with the disc in a good-quality sandwich bag. Then I arrange them alphabetically in a dedicated box or drawer.

The result: about 85% space saved, without giving up anything that matters.

And as a side note—classical music releases don’t slow down… dozens of new CDs come out every month.

I do not play LP that often anymore, but yesterday a few friends asked to hear some LP's and it was quite fun, to me different sound than CD or streaming (not saying better or worse)...but certainly left me thinking no way I'm getting rid of LP and TT..,not that I really wanted to...

I would if I did.

That even though I hardly ever play them anymore, typically maybe once to digitize and send to my library for streaming.

I am emotionally attached.  Plus I still like to have the records handy to perhaps just look at, read and appreciate.

Some go in frames and up on the wall for decor.

Oh and stored they make for decent acoustic treatments. :^) 

Someday they will have to go.  My kids will not want them.   Just not quite yet.