[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

In my zany world of ipods on mp3s and what not, is it worth it to go out and buy a turntable?

I've been thinking about it for a long time, but it just doesn't seem worth the trouble. I won't even have the opportunity to buy that much vinyl anyway.

good decision, tin-ears. more for me.

[Alex's Trip]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

good decision, tin-ears. more for me.

I want vinyl, everyone says it sounds way better, but the money and the availability make it hard to go out and buy it. Especially since I would only be able to buy vinyl about 3-5 times a year, unless I got it online, but at that point I say, fuck it, I'll add on to my CD collection instead.

Unless someone can 'splain why it is worth it, I think I'll stick with what I got. Low compression mp3s and wavs.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

I want vinyl, everyone says ... but at that point I say, fuck it, I'll add on to my CD collection instead.

ha ha. you don't have to get anything just cos everybody says so. that's just silly.

i think mp3s sound like shit no matter how you cut it. wavs are ok, they are like cds. but vinyl is sweeter than cd in my opinion, and i tend to favor enjoyment over convenience. in other words, i'd rather pursue the hot girl who is hard to get over the chick with low self esteem issues who puts out easy. at this point i mean, having sampled both ends of the spectrum

[Everyneurotic]

i don't buy vinyl because it's better or collectable or fashionable, it's because i love it, i have been buying vinyl for like 15 years now, but not exclusively.

[Alex's Trip]

I don't want it because everyone says it sounds better. I want it because supposedly it sounds better.

I don't think mp3s sound bad, but I guess I don't have the vinyl reference. One of my friends has a program that rips CDs uncompressed, and goes through the disc several time correcting any ripping errors, and he has some $2000 speakers, pretty nice stuff. But what I got works for me, so I guess I'll probably stick with it until I see the light of the superior sound of vinyl.

[Norma J]

I love vinyl, but I worry about it too much and it's less accessable, so I opt for Compact Disc most of the time.

[uhler]

i like vinyl, but i already purchased like 100 cds before i had my first record of my own, so it would've been silly to stop buying cds then. now i buy cds and vinyl. i haven't downloaded much lately though.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

I want vinyl, everyone says it sounds way better, but the money and the availability make it hard to go out and buy it. Especially since I would only be able to buy vinyl about 3-5 times a year, unless I got it online, but at that point I say, fuck it, I'll add on to my CD collection instead.

Unless someone can 'splain why it is worth it, I think I'll stick with what I got. Low compression mp3s and wavs.

That's probably good if you stick to CDs. If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

well, everybody is different. i for once, have bought the lp even if i had an album already on tape or cd.

I consider many of my CDs just placeholders until I can find good LP copies.

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i thought this was going to be about s&m

[Rob Instigator]

Originally Posted by gmku

It's true. It's absurd. I'm absurd. I realized today that as much as I like music, what I like more is purchasing music on LP.

I bought some LPs today and decided to make note of how I feel during the process. I approach it all with the same dumb wonder as a kid on Christmas. It's magical for me, buying an LP, opening it up at home, looking at it, putting it on the turntable, feeling amazed that the whole set-up actually works and makes music come out of the speakers.

What's wrong with me? How will I ever overcome this addiction?

I like finding neat shit inside the vinyl. I love when bands put crzy shit in the vinyl packaging. like godspeed you black emperor's first album. or the new deerhoof that has all sorts of cool prints in it.
I am right there with you man. buying vinyl feels like buying art. buying CD's feel like buying product.

[floatingslowly]

I have 6 crates worth packed in the top of my closet, never to be listened to again.

good times.

[Norma J]

Originally Posted by gmku

That's probably good if you stick to CDs. If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

Comments like this remind me that nearly evrything is image based.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

I have 6 crates worth packed in the top of my closet, never to be listened to again.

good times.

That's a crime. Send them to me. They'll get loved.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Norma J

Comments like this remind me that nearly evrything is image based.

No problem. Any time.

Anything else you need me to remind you about?