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Old 11-30-2014, 04:14 PM   #17261 (permalink)
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There's a reason vinyl went defunct, people can argue about the better sound quality all they like the only reason it's making a comeback is out of nostalgia.

I also find it hilarious that people are paying sometimes double or triple the cost for something on vinyl as opposed to MP3 or CD. I remember the early 90s when they were selling off vinyl albums for next to nothing because nobody wanted the damn things.

There's no way I'm paying that money for something on a dead format I can only use where there's a turntable around.
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Old 11-30-2014, 04:31 PM   #17262 (permalink)
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Even so. However, the life expectancy of that sound with vinyl records isn't very long with the potential of warping and scratching. Though, I guess scratching could apply to CD's as well.
Scratching and warping are easily avoided with care. Just don't be an idiot when you're handling your records and they'll remain nice.
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Old 11-30-2014, 04:37 PM   #17263 (permalink)
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There's a reason vinyl went defunct, people can argue about the better sound quality all they like the only reason it's making a comeback is out of nostalgia.

I also find it hilarious that people are paying sometimes double or triple the cost for something on vinyl as opposed to MP3 or CD. I remember the early 90s when they were selling off vinyl albums for next to nothing because nobody wanted the damn things.

There's no way I'm paying that money for something on a dead format I can only use where there's a turntable around.
I don't think i've ever paid over 3 bucks for vinyl, granted it was used, but i've gotten pretty lucky in the quality of vinyl that I've gotten for cheap.

The only time i've spend over 20 bucks on a record was when I bought pg.lost's Key. Mostly because I wanted to support the artist, as well as I wanted to see what the album sounded like in a different format.
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Old 11-30-2014, 06:03 PM   #17264 (permalink)
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There's a reason vinyl went defunct, people can argue about the better sound quality all they like the only reason it's making a comeback is out of nostalgia.

I also find it hilarious that people are paying sometimes double or triple the cost for something on vinyl as opposed to MP3 or CD. I remember the early 90s when they were selling off vinyl albums for next to nothing because nobody wanted the damn things.

There's no way I'm paying that money for something on a dead format I can only use where there's a turntable around.
Damn straight. I remember years ago seeing Meat Loaf's "Bat out of Hell" on "specially reissued vinyl", like TWICE the price it was on CD! Idiots! You live with vinyl most of your life, it ain't so rosy when you look back on it. I remember when CDs came out I gave praise to the music gods: smaller, more durable, doesn't jump when you sneeze and then carve a scratch into the vinyl that you can never really remove (not really), can store your collection in a far smaller space, can take the actual CD with you when you go out (anyone remember Discmans?)

Yeah. Vinyl was great all right.
Oh, and no way to make a selection unless you used a tape. Wonderful. Don't get me started.
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Old 11-30-2014, 06:29 PM   #17265 (permalink)
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Urban is right, you know. There isn't much of a reason to make hearing music harder and less efficient unless you're not actually in it for the music alone. And the whole thing about it sounding better... well... it doesn't. At least I don't think it does objectively. Technology has made it possible for us to hear pristine music at the drop of a hat. Sure, compression algorithms may take something away from the experience, but there's a certain point where we are no longer able to discern the difference with respect to objectivity aside from preconceived notions. That someone would not embrace an effective and legitimate route to experiencing music speaks less to quality than to nostalgia or enforced perceptions, however, I do understand how such perceptions might play into the experience for those people.

If I want to listen to good music, I'll do so in whichever medium allows me to the easiest. After all, that's the end goal, right? Listening to good music?
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Old 11-30-2014, 07:34 PM   #17266 (permalink)
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Old 11-30-2014, 07:41 PM   #17268 (permalink)
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wait... people still use tapes?
I kept my tapes up until a year or two ago. I still have a tape player lol.
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Tell me about it, yesterday I got drunk and smoked nearly an entire pack.
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Old 11-30-2014, 07:45 PM   #17270 (permalink)
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All formats have thier plus & minuses. One of the plus for vinyl it's analog, and an analog signal contains more information, which can provide a more desirable audio signal for some listener. The downside is that vinyl can wrap, and wear. CDs don't skip as log and they are not scratch. And heat can affect CDs too.
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