I bought a tiny record player for $45. I just found out a vinyl record shop is in town. Do you like this old technology? Some people say it is better.
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I would kill to have a vinyl collection…my cousin has a vast collection and I am so jelly…he has a really nice turntable and set up…lucky.
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Nope. So glad to be rid of all my vinyl. Inconvenient to use and wasteful to store.
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I know from researching that vinyl reaches deeper bass and treble frequencies…so there’s that.
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Depends on the digital file format. High bit-rate ALAC and FLAC greatly exceed vinyl in these areas:
- Stereo separation
- Lower distortion
- Noise floor
- Frequency response (both lower and higher)
- Does not degrade with use (e.g. “cue burn”)
A lot of people are judging vinyl against poorly mastered, overcompressed MP3 files. That’s a crufty old file format that we should have moved away from years ago. Vinyl does have some advantages:
- Fully analog
- Completely lossless
- Warm mid-range
- No loudness wars
Nothing much to say about the first two. Vinyl does produce a nice warm mid-range sound, but you can add that back to digital with a good tube processor. The problem with loudness wars comes down to crap mastering of digital tracks so that they blast through background noise in a vehicle or shopping mall. The audio dynamics are compressed to increase perceived volume, like how TV commercials are “louder” than your TV show even though both peak at the same DB on the decibel meter.
I’d argue that the main advantage that vinyl has over digital files is better and more careful mastering than inherent technical advantages. Find a nicely mastered digital file and digital can pull ahead if it is in a lossless format on good equipment.
It will still come down to personal preference in the end, especially if you are someone who needs the tactile experience of using physical media. Me, I’ve gone full digital and I am happy with it.
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I have vinyl records, but ironically I don’t have a record player… sounds like a good deal you got… did u look up to see what your record player is originally worth?? Usually they run around 200 bucks right?
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@shutterbug your choice…I miss vinyl and love everything about it…
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I just checked. It would take 1,829 vinyl LPs to hold the SQFM music library. I would need 460 sq ft of storage for that. The collection would also weigh over 2,700 lbs. That’s too much to move in your fifties with a spinal injury. A primary and backup disk drive are a lot easier (both fit in a pocket).
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that is the down side of vinyl…the storage…my cousin hardly has room for his…haha…but he is addicted to shopping for vinyl…it’s the memory of watching the records going 'round that is nostalgic for me…so peaceful.
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Yeah my family got me a vinyl turntable with bluetooth for my 50th. I rarely use it as most of my life is digital now.
Just threw out a heap of cd’s…covers were mouldy from storing and didn’t want to pass on as I think the quality was bad…you’d need covers etc.
So. Every now and then I’ll throw on a vinyl record with my bluetooth headphones but it’s so expensive and I refuse to use streaming services. Pay the royalties to the artists so I pay for the rights to songs still on itunes because my bands get the money.
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my cousin buys this obscure 70’s stuff like King Crimson “lizard” he turned me onto…stuff in original pressings…I can see how buying new vinyl elates him. I would love it to go to a vinyl store and buy about three hundred dollars worth of vinyl…had to sell my original large collection of vinyl for food but I made about four hundred dollars…so it fed me that semester.
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I like vinyl, i have over 200 modern albums and about 10 7inch 45’s, i also have 5 really cool boxsets, i have 2 prodigy boxsets invaders must die & the fox one, a GTA 5 music boxset, & 2 recent metric boxsets (3 of these are 7inch 45’s) i wont get any more vinyl than i have and i need to offload some of them.
It use to be a reason to get out into town & look around the music shop.
I did 2 Vinyl unboxings on youtube recently that were pretty cool. & I also recently purchased a Turntable & special amp with good speakers & i have Tidal.
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Yes, I love vinyl. The sound, the big coverart. The A and B sides. The physical aspect of finding and turning on a record. The easily readable lyrics that often accompany it 
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