Why Buy Vinyl Reddit

Exactly and it s far easier to find and add a song or album to a playlist than it is to go out and find a vinyl you re looking for and then also buy it.

Why buy vinyl reddit.

I ve been buying vinyl since i was 13 or thereabouts with a brief break in the early 00 s where i didn t buy much. I have never once managed to buy a used record that sounded even halfway decent. I have records in both vinyl and cd and anyone who owns both mediums knows playing a cd is infinitely more convenient than vinyl. Some sensible most not.

What a remarkable thing to say. You are an audiophile and fetishize the sound of analog recordings or you simply like the aesthetics of vinyl records packaging. A shelf full of vinyl record have more impact compared to a shelf full of cds or a media player with billions of music files. Some people even buy vinyl records just because they love the packaging.

But at the same time i ve enjoyed the overhwelming majority of my pre owned vinyl. There s a lot more satisfaction in listening to a vinyl than there is in listening to digital music for me. So i recently got back into vinyl and have been re buying all my favorite artists albums on vinyl. I love the way they sound.

This got me wondering why do people buy vinyl. Yes a lot of my used records are in rough condition. So whats you re reason for buying vinyl. There are two basic answers for this.

The renaissance of the long play record isn t just an anecdotal trend. Just 10 000 supporters can make this lego record store a real set. I love them as objects. I tend to avoid record shops and or half priced books unless i am moving bulk volume and don t want to mess with shipping and haggling.

What surprised me is the amount of versions of the same albums there are now and ultimately the different monetary value of essentially the same material. Why do people still buy vinyl records. Of all the music formats vinyl has the most value. Vinyl records today might sell 10 times its original price 20 years from now.

I m not sure if this is the correct subreddit to pose the question but i figured asking in r vinyl would only give me biased answers. That s why they had a 1 3 euro price tag. Why should i buy vinyl. As to why i still buy vinyl many many reasons.

Ebay and again discogs are also fairly easy and reliable too. I love the equipment i play them on. I love records but they re also the bane of my fucking life.