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When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?

Of course I know my own story, so I'm more curious about yours.  You can be as succinct as two bullets or write a tome.  
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atmasphere
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I have a friend that streams all her music. After hearing the same music on LP at my house, she tells me that she really regrets having sold her LPs and turntable...

2016 was the first year that LP sales outsold streaming in the UK...
from the Guardian UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/06/tables-turned-as-vinyl-records-outsell-digital-in-uk-f...
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toddverrone
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I don’t see why the death of the CD would kill vinyl. They’re definitely serving different non audiophile customer bases and it’s the inconvenience of vinyl that makes it legit. CDs are more convenient but now files are even more so. That’s the problem for CDs. 
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ehtoo
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I believe we're entering a world where it all will exist at the same time - LP's, CD's, SACD's etc. I've been a die-hard vinyl enthusiast for 50+ years but, I do believe CD's are not dead. Rather they'll continue to carry on albeit in diminished numbers. There may even be a renaissance in it's future.
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Yes Ralph, but she did sell her turntable and vinyl. Is she planning on buying an even better table and more vinyl?

I would trade my digital system for your turntable system in a heartbeat, Ralph, without even hearing it, but I would not trade for most people's turntable systems.

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atmasphere
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Yes Ralph, but she did sell her turntable and vinyl. Is she planning on buying an even better table and more vinyl?
It sounds like she's considering it!

I agree that a lot of cheap turntables (and poorly designed phono preamps) did the LP a major disservice during the 1980s. As a result there are a lot of people that think that tick and pops as well as distortion are the norm!
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