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acadian · Dec 18, 2005, 10:43 AM

Dug up my old turntable and vinyl last night while sitting around with a few friends. We had all forgotten just how much BETTER vinyls sounds than digital. There is a certain quality that is lost between a good old record and a modern digital pressing. I'm really glad I kept all my vinyl even though it has been a pain in the ass lugging it from home to home whenever I've moved. Anyone else kept their old vinyl goodness?

rickey939 · Dec 18, 2005, 10:47 AM

I prefer leather actually.

fhoubi · Dec 18, 2005, 10:56 AM

I think this speaks for itself

Dec 18, 2005, 01:00 PM

I had a pretty extensive vinyl collection at one point but sold a lot of it a couple of years ago. I kept the older stuff from the 60's and 70's because that music was produced to sound as it does for vinyl playback. These old soul/Motown/"Classic Rock" recordings don't sound the same in the digital realm at all. I just hate it when I move - those suckers are HEAVY!

jaydon34 · Dec 18, 2005, 01:04 PM

I love vinyl the fact you can touch the music is great and everyone loves a good scratch.

E's Lil Theorem · Dec 18, 2005, 08:10 PM

I'm a vinyl fella:

I'm not a scratching junkie, aka turntablist, but I did want to show off how my finger fits perfectly over the record

wdlove · Dec 18, 2005, 08:13 PM

I remember vinyl, a staple when I was growing up.

ryaxnb · Dec 18, 2005, 09:56 PM

My dad & mom still keeps all his vinyl.

ReggieX · Dec 18, 2005, 11:21 PM

I've ditched a lot of my records over the last 2 years, mainly the 99 cent specials that had no real value to me any more, and also in preparation for moving. All the good stuff I've kept, and still go out onto eBay and DustyGroove.com to get anything that isn't available in other formats.

Pre-purge, it looked like this:

Scratches, skips, dust, crackle: all suck, and I can't see why anyone would want to preserve that.

starman · Dec 19, 2005, 12:13 AM

I still have some of my vinyl, but not much. I took VERY good care of my half-speed masters, blah blah blah on hideously expensive equipment and STILL got scratches, pops, etc. I wasn't a big fan of faulty technology so I went to CD as soon as I could.

I'm surprised nobody used the word "warm" yet.

scaught · Dec 19, 2005, 12:19 AM

ive still got a decent amount of punk/hardcore on vinyl. a lot of it i have since downloaded mp3s of when i can find it, because ripping vinyl records is a pain in the ass.

about 5 years ago, presented with a choice of vinyl or CD, i would have gone for the vinyl without question and made fun of the people buying CDs.

today i would get the CD because i could get it onto my ipod easier.

and ya. all those old assfactor 4, braid, his hero is gone and mayhem albums sound really "warm" on vinyl.

Railroader · Dec 19, 2005, 12:48 AM

I used to work at a Record Town. And an independent mom-n-pop record store.

Vinyl people are fanatics in the truest sense of the word.

Eug Wanker · Dec 19, 2005, 12:54 AM

Buckaroo · Dec 19, 2005, 02:10 AM

I have never owned vinyl. I use to own cassette in my teen years. I didn't like 8-track. Personally I think digital is the only way to go.

vexborg · Dec 22, 2005, 10:56 AM

I've got a nice record collection (roughly 350 records at last count), most of it is David Bowie's old stuff

ghporter · Dec 22, 2005, 12:02 PM

I found a number of 45s at the local Half Price books, but I can't find an adapter anywhere! I'm going to digitize 'em so I can listen to Linda Ronstadt's break out single and other wonders on my iPod, but I can't find a single 45 hub adapter! Oh the horror!

(I've been pretty successful with my vinyl ripping so far, The Rolling Stones' Beggar's Banquet is up next...)

Y3a · Dec 22, 2005, 12:17 PM

I have over 4000 LPs and about 1800 45's. I even have a few 78's. Several years ago I used up a summer of weekends by going thru my collection and getting the good stuff copied to my computer. I still have a small set-up of pre-amp, turntable and DBX 118 for the occasional tune I want to bring over. I still like my 80's stuff that never got to CD.

ShortcutToMoncton · Dec 22, 2005, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

(I've been pretty successful with my vinyl ripping so far, The Rolling Stones' Beggar's Banquet is up next...)

Does ripping from vinyl still give you that "sound"? I'm curious. I've never heard anything ripped from vinyl before, but in my head it doesn't sound any different than ripping a CD copy.

What a great album...unbelievable slide on No Expectations, the leering decadence of Sympathy for the Devil and Stray Cat Blues, the pure rock of Street Fighting Man, the bluesy finale in Salt of the Earth... damn! I'm going to go listen to some Stones now.

greg

porieux · 07:10 AM

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