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

Never got into CDs, so never considered getting rid of my vinyl. I did get a CD player as there were some releases back then that didn't make it to vinyl, and there was a lot of previously unreleased material that was released for the first time on CD.

Yes i sold all my albums...and i had like excellent condition, first edition copies..1100 lps for $1400 bucks .I was a jerk.

No, I didn’t ditch.  I was in my 20s when the CD, "perfect sound forever", came out.  I even tried to sell them when I worked for Lafayette (already owned by Circuit City) on 45th Street in Manhattan.  They were pricey.  But I wasn’t going to repurchase all my LPs in the new format.  I assumed the turntable would go extinct (ha!), so I spent what was a lot of money for me at the time on a Thorens TD-166MkII with two arm wands and a Grado cartridge.  I didn’t know much about hi-fi in those days, I was a Stereo Review reader, but the Thorens was made in West Germany, was built like a tank, and ran circles around my entry level Technics belt drive turntable.  I figured the Thorens would last, and it did...I still have it and use it today.  For a few years, I would buy CDs if I really liked the music, and LPs if I was less excited about the music.  I know.  I had it backwards.  At one point, I did mothball the Thorens, but I never ditched my LPs.

At some point, I pulled out the Thorens, had it checked out by an authorized service center, and starting spinning LPs again. That’s when I realized what an idiot I was.  In 2010, I had the Thorens sensibly modded by a now retired modder, with new cables, adjustable isolation feet, and damping to the underside of the platter.  Now I run it with an Ortofon OM-40 pickup.  Sounds really good!  

I am slowly digitizing all my vinyl. It is fun to do and the results are fantastic.

No, not at all!  Too much $$ invested.  But I also embraced Cd's for their benefits.  Can't say anymore in fear of being banned again...

I stopped buying records when the format died and dried up. I bought CDs only because they were the only source of new music. Kept my LPs carefully stored and a best l could afford turntable to keep them “alive”

l bought a lot of CDs in my record collection because of the expanded tracks available. I specialise in film soundtracks and with the dramatic releases of previously unavailable film scores it was a revelation that CDs excelled in. Needless to say, CDs have never dominated my music but rather compliment it. 
 

Given the choice however on identical material, the LP still dominates my playback hours. There is just that something missing on CD, and l much rather prefer the better perceived sound on LP over the convenience of CD.