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of course vinyl had a twenty year headstart. I am primarily buying CD's and the occassional LP 180/200g pressings or rare when I find 'em
Last week's vote question about vinyl prompted a landslide of votes. Which impels us to ask, what is the ratio of CDs to LPs that you own?
I just sold 99% of my records,keeping just a cherished few that have a sentimental value beyond the music and more for the time in my life when I purchasd them.I 'm still undecided about selling my systemdek table...cd's are just sounding too good ,especially when you're using good equip. that I can't justify the hassle of playing and maintaining lp's.
About 30CD/70vinyl, But I LISTEN to vinyl while I work to CD's (despite a CD player that is the envy of most that hear it). The turntable? my 4th Dual (1229? [still at in laws], 701 [in car accident], 731 [speed control fried]750-1 [not as good as 701]. Not bad compared to a $6,000 CD player!
I have three times as many CDs as LPs. Most of the LPs I own are 70's and 80's. I was fortunate to be exposed to the best rock of that time by my older siblings. I'm not too sure about the new music on LP. It still feels like it went through some digital regurgitation.
Admitedly, I started collecting music long before the Compact Disc was even though of. However, when you factor in sound quality, cost and availability, I can usually purchase more vinyl cheaper than a CD. I have both, I listen to both, I buy both, but I buy more vinyl Now, I just have to convince the wife that we really don't need that couch, the space would look much nicer as a record cabinet.
This ratio of vinyl to CD's represents 35 years of record collecting. The more interesting question for website vistors maybe what is the mix of current purchases. I find myself reaching out for vinyl to add to my software collection and as a secondary issue the dollar allocation of current spenting. My allocation of funds for lp's is 6 or 7 to 1 so far this year.
I missed last week's question. I mostly listen to vinyl on the hi-fi. And I'm buying more vinyl then ever. There have been lots of vinyl reissues, many indie labels still issue the format, and used vinyl is everywhere. I buy cd's only when it's the only option. My pet peeve is digitally recorded or mastered vinyl.
It would be 100% vinyl if I could find all the music that I bought on CD instead on vinyl.Best thing about CDs are the unreleased gems that are now available eg.Coltrane "The Complete 1961 Village Vangaurd Recordings".Glad to see more new releases on vinyl in the last year,even though it's a dead medium!
I jumped with glee into the CD format in the late 80's because by then, local LP pressings were so bad as to be basically high priced garbage, I really didn't know then of audiophile pressings or virgin vynil, and my turntables were nothing but low fi stuff not even worth mentioning. Given that scenario, CD's offered to me better sound at mid fi level (no clicks or pops!), they were smaller and rather easy to handle, and decent sounding mix tapes (tapes!) were easier to make from them. Of course, that was then and this is now. I still like the CD format but not as much, sometimes I regret selling certain LP's that were better than their CD counterparts ("Wings over America" is a prime example); and given all the brouhahas over watermarking, DVD-A, SACD and the like, I guess I'll end bypassing all those "new and improved" gizmos and get a nice turntable instead. I still have some 50-70 vynil albums just waiting to be dusted off, to begin with...