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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?
tooblue
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uberwaltz
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About cheapest and easiest way you can get into streaming is likely a Google Chromecast Audio gizmo.
About $40 to $45 on fleabay.
Should connect to your home Wi-Fi and then stream both Tidal and Qobuz, Spotify too I think.
It can output RCA analog or toslink digital.
Good luck with the future......
tooblue OP
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@uberwaltz, thanks for that and other things as well.
ianrodger
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as a lifelong motorcyclist I much prefer leather as opposed to vinyl.

It's warmer and has more abrasion resistance.
As for records, they wear out a little bit every time you play them. The needle wears out a little bit every time you play it, they get noisier as they get older, they're prone to vibrations.

Love the album covers though
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uberwaltz
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I think @bdp24 is correct and we really should not refer to it as vinyl.
Conjures up images of some sado masochistic dungeon scene.

Or is that just me.......

😉😉
pgaulke60
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When I put on Cat Stevens' Tea for the Tillerman from Acoustic Records Pressings - their first release - I heard sounds and instruments that I never heard before in any of the version I own.  That is why I love vinyl.

I am also enamored with Direct 2 Disc recordings.  They just jump out at me like I am in the club itself.  That is why I love vinyl.

Every pull out an gatefold LP that you haven't listened to since High School and find a little herb in there?  That is why I love vinyl.
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