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
I doubled down on vinyl - though I did buy CDs when a favorite artist didn't come out in vinyl. So, for awhile (late 80's into the 2000's), we were in a vinyl desert, and to hear beloved artists new work, I had to get the CD. I do have over a thousand CDs - but many times that in vinyl. I try to be open to the music in whatever format it comes. I have my system able to competently play all formats. But I have prioritized making my vinyl playback the way I want it.
David |
I kept my LPs and never touched a CD until my wife bought me a CD player for Christmas in 1985. I had left my Garrard in the UK on moving to Canada and was making do with a Radio Shack turntable (I know, I should be shot). So soon enough, CD became my dominant source and I embarked on buying ever better CD and SACD players. Then about twenty years ago, my brother offered me all his LPs, and a colleague died who had a large collection of cassical and world music on LP. So I bought a Planar 3 and a Shure V15xMR. Things went downhill from there! Like @mahler123 above, I used the radio a great deal as a student. BBC Radio 3 for classical was truly good in those days, and Capital Radio for pop. I understand that these days the former has been castrated and Capital is gone. Once I had a CD player and was earning I would make a trip to Halifax (NS) every other Saturday when not on call and buy about a dozen CDs from Sam the Record Man, where there was a very friendly enabler on the the third (classical) floor. This was pre-internet. These days I buy pretty much everything used from discogs, and always on vinyl unless only available on CD. |
I took me about 10 years to finally get a cd player. When folks were ditching their LPs I would got to yard sales and pick up great titles for $.25 or $.50 each obtaining a few thousand great titles that way. Also went shopping at record store close out sales and Goodwill and other second hand stores. I miss those days not many bargains found in vinyl now. |
