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Why Do You Still Have Vinyl if You Don't Play it?

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I own 3,000 plus lp's that I just don't play anymore. I told my 14 year-old son that he can have them when he starts college. He said no thanks, he said that he can carry around that much music in his back pocket in his iPod. I tried to explain to him that if he played LP's in college, he'd easily be one of the coolest students on campus. He told me to "get real" and thanks, but no thanks. I think I just may have to go through the task of grading each LP and selling them off. I've tried to convince myself that I will one day play them. I was just fooling myself. For the last fifteen years, I play one or two LP's a year just for the hell of it. I do like looking at them in their Ikea racks and marvel how I assembled my collection over nearly 40 years. I do like it when visitors comment on them and look through them. Cd's killed my vinyl and now my Squeezebox is finally going to bury it.

How many of you still have a sizeable vinyl collection that you don't play, but refuse to let go of?

I think it's time for me to let go.
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mitch4t

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timrhu
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Sold mine five or six years ago after realizing they weren't going to get played. I auctioned them off here in sets of ten lps or so. If you go this route don't expect a huge windfall but I didn't do it for the money. Just wanted the lps to go to someone who could appreciate them.
I kept a hundred or so for sentimental reasons but no longer have a tt to play them on. Do I ever miss them? Maybe a little. But I also miss smoking every once in a while.
CDs, and especially my Mac Mini, are just too convenient. And I'm extremely happy with the sound.
If you don't enjoy the ritual, what's the point? It's just a matter of time.
timrhu
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A top notch digital set-up can be very nice which I've had but once vinyl is played well it's game over, it's as simple as that.
Dev

You should have mentioned that's your take because I would have to totally disagree when you suggest digital can't hold a candle to vinyl, you really had me laughing!
Funny how these things can go both ways.
timrhu
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Mitch4t, sounds like a good solution. Good luck to you and your son.
timrhu
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Dev
Timrhu, no disrespect but if you re-read my posting I did say it was "my opinion" and you have also left some of my posting out.

My personal exspearience is digital can't but obviously by reading your statements you just haven't heard a proper set-up like allot of others whom I see posting.

Sorry, but I reread your post and did not find "my opinion" in there.
While I have never owned a hi-end analog set up, I have listened to them. Which is better is purely subjective IMO.
I gave up listening for that purpose as my hearing is deteriorating and I no longer feel qualified to judge at that level.
I do agree with this though.
Different strokes for different folks.

Enjoy!
Dev

And back at ya!
timrhu
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Yeah, I have a couple of really nice SLRs in my closet. I held on tho them for sentimental reasons, DOH!
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