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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I was very intrigued with CDs, especially as a replacement for cassette tape. I started buying them at a rate of about 1 per month. $17 bucks for a classical CD was a lot for me in my youth. Each CD got listened to a LOT! I didn’t ditch LP right away because I had too much music on LP to do that. However I noticed early on that some albums sounded better on LP than on CD. Chariots of Fire was one I remember specifically. On the LP the sound was very immersive and filled the room with spacy effects. And that was from a JC Penny MCS cheapo stereo. On CD it seemed too bright and the sound stage was clear and precise but flat and limited to between the speakers. There were also very obvious low level linearity issues with early cheap CD players like I had, causing flutes to sound unnaturally breathy, and even causing some CDs to exhibit audible buzzing sounds. A few generations later those issues disappeared, but tonality seeming to be too bright on some transfers from older LP releases remained. 

I ditched vinyl when I joined the military in 1981. I had pretty much given away my collection and sold everything else. Had a B&O turntable back then that I had purchased new. I married while in the military and had other priorities in my life than a stereo with my family and moving all the time. When I finally did get interested in audio again the CD player came out and prices were much lower after several years of its release. I had no interest in buying a new vinyl collection again and was all in on CD's. Only do streaming today. It would be cool doing vinyl again but would rather spend the money on other parts of my system instead.

No, I didn’t like the sound of CD when it first appeared. Fortunately, it got better eventually. 

Older guy here, age 71 and counting. No, I never sold any of my records. I did buy CD's but mostly for listening to in the car, replacing my cassette tapes and my old Pioneer Super Tuner which finally bit the dust. I'm glad I never sold them and although I plan to start streaming, I still don't plan to sell any although space limitations do factor into how many more records I'll buy.