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Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl

I just responded to the thread on how many sources do you have ( shotgunning tonight) and got me wondering why I love vinyl so much? Have a very good digital side on both my main system and my headphone system as well that was set up for Redbook playback (headphone system) only utilising my vast 1,000 CD collection, enjoyed it for about a year, added a turntable and haven't used it since. My love of vinyl has been with me for 55 years, buying and playing, setting up my tables , matching preamps and enjoying the fruit of my labor. I believe my love of vinyl is a simple one, it stemmed from the hands on, need to tinker and adjust that I was born with, it's a very physical attraction that I just can not resist, it satisfies a lot of needs for me and in some way is that mistress that I maintain. My turntable is massive and so easy to look at, I can touch it and get more out of it, I can read about the artist and get info while I listen to an album, I can swap out a cartridge and change the tone and in the day the album covers served as a rolling tray to roll a joint. I love vinyl, but absolutely understand while others don't. I also envy people like uberwaltz that have and use so many sources, wish I could. What say you?
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I dislike:
  • snap, crackle, pop, hiss
  • the inconvenience of the manual process
  • space hogs
  • the expense
  • the degradation
I like:
  • nothing about them

Having started my "audiophile" hobby when there was nothing serious but vinyl, I just don't get the vinyl nostalgia. I dumped mine as soon as possible. Maybe it's my nature as a software engineer to always look forward, but I can think of nothing of a mechanical or electrical nature, that was better performance-wise in the "old days". I collect vintage things as art, but I don't "use" them. I use new technology because it makes life easier and it's almost always better from a performance perspective. My whole collection fits on a flash drive. I can stream by voice command. To me, vinyl is like watching TV without a remote control. Heck, I even talk to my TV now. No remote needed.
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