Seeking advice about vinyl vs CD.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the music.
I'm trying to decide: should I get rid of (sell, give away) my Classical LPs and listen to Classical CDs/stream (not vinyl )?
The issue: although I like Classical music, I listen to other music most of the time. I'm not familiar with it. Classical 10%. Jazz, Rock, etc 90%. Mostly vinyl.
I have about 300 Classical LPs. The hoarding side of me say's to keep it!
The practical side says, listen to CDs and stream when the urge hits. This makes needed space for other things.
Advice is appreciated.
This question can only be answered by you. What can we add that would change your mind? Dump the vinyl side! Keep it! What other people do should have zero effect on what you should do. You have a nice turntable though. |
All three reproduction methods create a different ambience and sound. If you have a great well recorded set of classical LPs you are going to get next to nothing for then just put up with the storage and enjoy. CDs (my personal weakness give me something i own enjoy and collect) have better dynamic range than LPs so suit that genre too. Streaming for things you don't have or would maybe like to own? On the end you pays your money and takes your choice - me Id choose all three. |
Unless you have very rare, expensive classical LPs, moneywise, it likely is not worth the effort to try to sell them. Better keep them. By the time you may like them more than rock music. Getting older, that at least has been my experience. I primarily now listen to classical and jazz and have started selling my huge rock an pop collection bought in the 60s and 70s. Though I know there are people in their seventies or eighties who still believe that Sgt. Pepper is the best music ever made and listen to it every day, that's not me. |
@oregon It would help if we knew the size/amount of the entire music collection and the level of audio components you own. Diversity is always the best game plan. Keep the best classical... best vinyl/jacket condition/SQ/performance try selling or donate the rest. If you currently lack a streaming set-up wait a few years until a certain level of refinement regarding logistics/file SQ and overall consistency enters the streaming medium. |
