It's funny how records are still best.

Not much funny for me. Music has gotten lonlier as a hobby as an event and as part of culture. A magpie on my deck was singing beep and braaaak and other un-bird sounds. My fewer and fewer music listening guests stare at my LPs and have a hard time saying anything except remembering when they threw theirs out. Then I play one. They guess I have spent three times what I have. But I like mp3 because I can again get the samples that good radio used to take as part of their value to caring audience. I met an ex-LA music executive in NYC. He told me he left LA for NYC to get into something less depressing. He remembers the LP days as fun and amazes his tony guests with the sound of his collection.

To each their own, personally I can't stand vinyl anymore. There are so many high end CDP's and SACD players today that surpass vinyl that I put all mine away.

After a brief fling with SACD, I find I'm buying more LPs than anything else. SACD and CD are fine for convenience, and some music is available nowhere else, but when I really want to LISTEN, only LPs and R-R tape will do. And I have a $3K SACD player.