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We're buying lots of used vinyl these days. It's a great way to add music to your collection that you otherwise couldn't get new today, in vinyl or CD. For example, an almost mint copy of "Buckingham Nicks" for $4 at a swap meet. Wahoo!

CD prices in the UK are more of a sick joke than ever before, just like the price of everything else over here. With more new stuff coming out on vinyl and a few damn good second-hand shops I frequent, I find myself buying more and more every year.

I haven't put any money into vinyl in over ten years! This may come off as heresy to MF and his luddites, but I don't miss vinyl even a little bit, though I do have several hundred copies setting on the shelfs. I don't miss the constant cleaning, the pops and ticks, the inevitable warps, screwing around with cartridges and turntables. The only reason I can think of when I might think of a purchase, is for some of the cool cover art. That I must confess, I do miss at times. In fact I got rid of a few that I wish I had kept to frame and put on the wall of my den. But as a media for purchasing my music selections, there's not a snowball's chance in hell, that I would chose to go back to vinyl. The only scenario I can think of would be if the major record labels go through with all this watermarking crap! Then I admit I may have to rethink this. I did put up with vinyl for more than twenty years as my main source and I could put up with it again if need be.

I hope to buy even more in 2002 !

I'm looking much more vinyl to buy.

I became vinyl fan after listening SACD!

Two major occurances happened to me in 2001. The corporate world laid me off as a high level director in March of the year and my wife delivered my new son in may. It was time to make major decisions in my life. Although I did get a full severance package, 2 weeks vacation pay and they still sent my 2000 management bonus I knew that the small state in which I was living would not bare the level position I held and would have to move but being an orphan myself I decided I was going to accept the reduction in pay to stay were I was at in order to keep my new son close to his mothers family who all live in the same city. Tired of circling the globe for the technology industry regardless of what used to be the big payoff. I like so many of the Enron employees who had their 401K's wrapped up in the company stocks lost his but and most of what was to be my retirement. I now make one third the salary with one fith the stress and have aquired a state job that should see me through to retirement. Needless to say 2001 was not a large vinyl buying year for me however I am now in the process of purchasing a new analog front end and 2002 looks to be a very good year if you know what I mean. The one thing I do know about life is never give up on your passions.

luckily, i never stopped buying vinyl. but this year i bought more because i bought new equipment. a creek 4330 mk II and a pro-ject debut II turntable to go with my paradigm mini monitors and i have it going every minute i can. my old vinyl now sounds like new vinyl.at my local vinly shops i can get 2-4 albums for the price of one disc. perhaps the big(read greedy) record companies should be paying attention. and just as a p.s., anyone who enjoys vinyl and a good laugh should check out this website and infomercial.....MyPhilco.com. at least they have thier hearts in the right place if not their ears. enjoy.

A large portion of my music software is on vinyl, both used and new. I buy between 10-20 Lp's per month, mostly jazz.

I'm absolutely 100% still a vinyl fan but I bought much less last year for a couple of reasons: first, there's so much less out there that it's getting hard to find, and second, the arrival of an SO on the scene (along with two house moves) has reduced the spending power somewhat. OK, I now have to readjust my priorities again, so more vinyl is the target for 2002!

For some rerason, I bought more new and less used. I usually buy about the same. I guess I get more stuff off the internet now and only buy new. I have a hard time trusting people about used vinyl condition without seeing it...in person.

I recently purchased the Rega 25 turntable, which renewed my interest in all things vinyl. I replaced my Denon turntable. The difference is amazing and profound. For every CD, I now purchase 10 LPs.

I used my Christmas cash to replace my aged and limping turntable. Now I'm buying and listening to more records than ever.

I bought my first turntable in 1999, and since then have upgraded twice. Although I have an SACD player, vinyl is still king. Until more titles are available, vinyl still offers the best listening experience.

As more and more people get sucked in by the digital BS, I find more bargains in LPs.

Haven't had the system to appreciate vinyl. I do now, and intend to spend most of my $ on vinyl this year.

I purchased 37% of my collection during 2001, which now totals 414 LPs. Of these purchases, 48% were purchsed for one Canadian dollar or less. Given the level of satisifaction, I see this trend continuing for 2002. I guess all of the above suggests two things: Vinyl thrives in my humble home and I am a nerd.

I use a Mac G4 for all of my audio, video, information, and productivity needs. Why get a multitude of boxes when one will do and has software that is so easy to use, like iTunes. Stereophile and its followers need to recognize that audio,video, and the Internet are integrated. Someday I'll have to get one of those fancy D/A converters and a firewire adapter. Vinyl doesn't fit into that picture.

I upgraded my table. It merited more vinyl purchases.

I've used eBay to find wanted music on LP at great prices. Serendipity at used vinyl stores and yard sales is over-rated. I'd rather let my mouse do the "walking."

How vinyl has managed to survive at all amazes me. Every Christmas I play some old vinyl Christmas recordings, getting a refresher on why I prefer CD. Cartidges by their very nature are much less accurate and more colored than digital audio. When you add to this the surface noise, cleaning problems, lack of durability, reduced playing time per album, plus the much greater weight and size for time recorded, the CD looks like a vastly better deal to me. However, this is just a hobby and if someone enjoys vinyl playback as a pastime, then by all means, they should go for it. For me, I'll just keep my MSB Gold and CDs and let the vinyl sit until next Christmas.

I just haven't found enough music that matches my tastes to buy that much

I love vinyl but it is not easy if not impossible to purchase it locally. About the only way to find it is on the internet. By the time you pay shipping charges it is not such a good deal.

rap music is an oxymoron.

have try vinyl.. I thought it needed more careful treatment than cd's...I didn't have more time for that and hard to find a new release vinyl in my country..., for vinyl's sound.. interesting..more open and focus,

I have always loved vinyl. Even the smell is as good as books. I feel certain types of music were meant to be heard on vinyl—such as jazz, soul, R&B, blues, etc. With the coming of DJs, I am glad to see vinyl will be around for long to come. But I like my records to always spin in the right direction . . .

This question doesn't really show how much vinyl I bought. I buy a lot of vinyl every year!

I have a problem that more audiophiles should have. I should buy a new turntable, but end up spending my turntable money on vinyl instead.

Even though I haven't bought vinyl for years, I still listen to my old ones and also added some 200 "new" records from my father's old collection.

To much (lovely) harmonic distorsion.