Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived?


I kept all my LPs and most anytime I was in lower Manhattan I’d go into J&R music and often picked up an LP but for years my predominant purchase format was cd 

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"did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived?"

Vinyl has always been my format of choice as far back as I can remember. I didn't purchase my first CD player until well into the 90s which was an NAD 502 which wasn't very pleasant to listen to and broke down all the time. I eventually purchased a Sony XA20ES and began to realize what a wonderful alternative CD could be but that never diminished my love of vinyl or FM which is my format of choice when I'm not listening to a physical format.

No . When CD’s first came out I purchased a few & a decent player. I was so disappointed in the sound, I waited a few years before I tried the format again.

I sure did. Got rid of so many I wish I hadn't, but still have a good many vintage LP's from the 70's. 

No. I didn't adopt CD's until ~10 years after arrival - when it became more difficult to find LPs.  Then I bought used LPs and CDs - played both.

I couldn’t wait to ditch vinyl even as a college student in the mid seventies.  I had my fill of warped crappy noisy LPs.

  The problem was when CDs came out I was starting medical school and had no disposable income.  I had a cassette deck but prerecorded cassettes were an awful alternative.  My hand was forced when a house flood my intern year trashed my LPs.  LPs had disappeared from record stores.I bought a CDP and immediately was entranced by the silent backgrounds and enhanced dynamic range.  The problem was that CDs were expensive.  There were no budget labels, No streaming.  No second hand shops selling either LPs or CDs.  I could afford very few CDs and spent several years listening to the radio as my primary source