What is so special about Vinyls anyway? ;)

**Exo** · 12-11-2018, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I get a different full experience from listening to the same album on vinyl, cassette, and digital

the only medium that doesn't make any sense anymore is CD

I like playing CDs in the shop sometimes because I don't have to get up and flip the record when I'm busy.

**Frownland** · 12-11-2018, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

why wouldn't you just do that digitally

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Originally Posted by Exo

CDs

**Exo** · 12-11-2018, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

why wouldn't you just do that digitally

then you wouldn't even necessarily have to get up to change the album

Because my Harman Kardon 930 receiver from 1972 doesn't do bluetooth, you nerd.

**Exo** · 12-11-2018, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

nice I have an 81 Kenwood KR-850

I mean. I guess I could hook something up to it but for now it's just a CD player and a turntable.

**Exo** · 12-11-2018, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

cassette player mannnn

I'm never looking back

depends on what you want to play though, the sound quality is objectively worse if anything, I'm not here to make an argument like that

We have some cassettes but they're garbage bands.

~~Dude111~~ · 12-14-2018, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Because my Harman Kardon 930 receiver from 1972...

Ahhhh EXO I bet it sounds goregous buddy

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-15-2018, 10:34 AM

I like the artwork and the way the turntables look and I also enjoy playing them.

That's about it.

BrooklynEars · 05-03-2023, 06:43 AM

I have been collecting records since I was a child and I am now in my mid 50’s. I am in and out of record stores on a weekly basis.Always looking for a good sounding lp. Which is not that ez? Because records do not always gives you the greatest sound Analog has it pluses and minuses. Yet when I walk into a store it brings me back in time when things were a bit less stressful. Yet the prices of LP’s are high , and the Compact disc are cheaper and at times sound just as good.If not better.Funny in the 80’s/90’s cd were pricy and the lp was cheap and that what I could afford .So I stuck with it

WeltZumerr12 · 05-18-2023, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

I don't have a record player but my friend does and it sounds lovely and better than CD players of similar quality. I know it's been said a thousand which, sadly, seems nowt but an afterthought in this age of CD and MP3s.
times but there is an audible warmth to vinyl, a certain naturalness even; it's not that CDs sound compressed in comparison, it's that CDs sound colder and harder.

I believe most people, on hearing a CD played through a high end system and the same album on vinyl played through a high end system, would notice the difference.

I also love the size of records which afford the luxury of really appreciating the ]
If vinyls weren't so bloody expensive and if everything was still released on vinyl, I'd definitely replace my CD player with a record player.

Welcome to the forum! It's great to see another vinyl enthusiast here. I'm a huge fan of vinyl as well; there's something special about being able to really appreciate the artwork and sound quality of a record. The warmth and naturalness of vinyl is unparalleled and I think it's worth the extra cost. Have you had the chance to experience the difference between vinyl and CD quality?

WeltZumerr12 · 05-23-2023, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by WeltZumerr12

Welcome to the forum! It's great to see another vinyl enthusiast here. I'm a huge fan of vinyl as well; there's something special about being able to really appreciate the artwork and sound quality of a record. The warmth and naturalness of vinyl is unparalleled and I think it's worth the extra cost. Have you had the chance to experience the difference between vinyl and CD quality?

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I like the artwork and the way the turntables look and I also enjoy playing them. That's about it.

05-03-2023, 06:43 AM	#38 (permalink)
BrooklynEars Groupie Join Date: May 2022 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 31	I have been collecting records since I was a child and I am now in my mid 50’s. I am in and out of record stores on a weekly basis.Always looking for a good sounding lp. Which is not that ez? Because records do not always gives you the greatest sound Analog has it pluses and minuses. Yet when I walk into a store it brings me back in time when things were a bit less stressful. Yet the prices of LP’s are high , and the Compact disc are cheaper and at times sound just as good.If not better.Funny in the 80’s/90’s cd were pricy and the lp was cheap and that what I could afford .So I stuck with it