I kept my vinyl that I had accumulated in college and treated them with care (Dishwasher, Aerostat, etc) and a good Thorens turntable. When CD's came out, I jumped on the CD train although the selection was limited and so I mixed vinyl with CD's until I could essentially replace my vinyl with CD's. Never sold my vinyl (still have them after 50 years!) but never listen to them either. Now they are wall decorations or sometimes I will look at the album while playing it on Roon, and streaming or my music server is the only way for me. So much easier, but glad I still have all of my old vinyl for nostalgia purposes. Who knows? Maybe when I croak, some other aging classic rocker and jazz aficionado who appreciates the old school vinyl will buy them from my estate!
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Not right away. I kept my Thorens player and vinyl until I purchased a Pioneer PD-65 elite CD player and then decided I could get by with just one physical disc format so I stuck with CD, which offered the benefit of being played in my vehicle. Did not switch solely to streaming until Roon came along. |
It was the late 1970s, I first listened to a CD at my local stereo dealer. It was an album I had in vinyl. Sounded GREAT (without an immediate reference point.) When I got home I put my vinyl on the turntable. It happened to be a Sheffield labs direct to disc. Made me realize that the CD was NOT as good as my D2D vinyl. Never did buy a CD. To this date I still listen to vinyl. No streaming or anything else. I do have a very high end system. Maybe this is necessary to hear vinyl properly. |
@kronos96 whenever you first heard a CD, it wasn’t late 1970’s. Just saying- Dismissing streaming, in my opinion, is a mistake. Let’s say I agree that vinyl is better (sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t), yet with streaming you have a huge library of music to sample and decide if you want to pick it up in vinyl. There are plenty of recordings I like enough to have in my Qobuz library, but not enough to buy on vinyl. A secondary benefit of digital- I do not touch my turntables after having a 2nd drink. Don’t want to risk the stylus on either of my tables. |
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