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who has completely abandoned records?

gogofast

gogofast

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lately i've been listening to cd's and tuners. somehow, cleaning the records, storing them, setting up tt, and etc. has become a huge chore to me. i guess i'm not as anal about the sound as i used to be - though i absolutely believe and experienced that the records have clear sonic advantages over cd's. this morning, i had this scary thought about selling all my tt's, records, and accessories, and getting a really nice cd transport and a dac. can anyone understand my feelings?
 
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You'll never see me abandoning records. I do see your point, however. Digital is capable of exceptional quality when it's done right.(i.e., hi-res or at least lossless files & a quality lo jitter transport and dac with good analog section.)
And the convience is unmatched. Vinyl cannot compete in this dept.
But the sound...for me it's the sound.
 
I like the whole ritual of records and tapes (both cassette and R2R)......
But sometimes I feel lazy and want to listen to music for long periods without having to change sides or tapes while Im doing something else, so I use my Mac with itunes (.wav only).....

Chore, never seen it that way before.....:scratch2:
 
I am trying. I finally have the rig for high quality transfer of all of my vinyl to digital, but not the time. Someday..
 
I listen almost exclusively to digital. Personally the huge increase in convenience outweighs the very slight possible degradation of sound quality.

I have a ton of cassettes I'll probably never play again, and quite a few records as well. I may get a turn table if I come across one I like at a good price, just have something to play them on.

I have a cabinet full of CD's, but other wise it sure is nice to have thousands of songs at my disposal all in my computer whenever I want to hear any of them. In fact, my 2 channel rig is based around my computer, with the only other source being CD.
 
problem is, that by "completely abandoning" the medium, you are abandoning a HUGE chunk of the music that has ever been recorded. I would actually venture to say that the chunk would in fact be a vast majority of all recorded music. Hey if that dos'nt matter to you, go for it. Be assured that I will give a good home to whatever records you wish to throw my way. Hell! i'll even split the shipping......:banana:
 
oldenuff said:
problem is, that by "completely abandoning" the medium, you are abandoning a HUGE chunk of the music that has ever been recorded. I would actually venture to say that the chunk would in fact be a vast majority of all recorded music.
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this, honestly, i can live with, because there are just so many albums out there to listen to. i really haven't come across a recording that i really wanted to hear and was only on vinyl.

89grand said:
I listen almost exclusively to digital. Personally the huge increase in convenience outweighs the very slight possible degradation of sound quality.
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that's exactly how i'm feeling as i'm getting older...and lazier.
 
motorstereo said:
I made that same mistake about 20 years ago. It won't ever happen again.
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Ditto. I let mine go back in '90. I didn't miss them for awhile until I began wanting to hear titles that weren't available on CD and irritated at the lack of missing artwork. Anyway, last year I began the process of re-collecting my records and have enjoyed them immensely! I won't be letting them go again, that's for certain. Adding to that, I really don't mind the process of cleaning and such. I kind of find it all to be relaxing.
 
gogofast said:
that's exactly how i'm feeling as i'm getting older...and lazier.
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That probably is part of it for me too, getting old and lazy.:yes:

Honestly though, using my computer I can just jump from song to song, album to album in an instant, no getting up, taking the record off the turntable, putting it back in the sleeve, then digging through the stack, looking for the next thing you want to hear, getting it out, cleaning the record, putting it on, then realizing...hey I don't really feel like hearing that after all. To add to that, I rarely want to hear entire albums from one artist, that makes it even more inconvenient.

To me, it's just not worth it. I switch songs or albums in seconds with just a few mouse clicks.
 
I listen a lot to FM and of late internet offerings so much that I do not have time for records. I do not have the urge to do the record ritual. I am lucky to get some great fm.....jazz/blues/reggae/classics/r&B/spanish music from stations in my area. The University of Columbia station plays only vinyl and has one of the largest collection in the country. The internet also has some wonderful offering especially www.jazzradio.com :thmbsp:


However I am not going to sell my records or equipment.
 
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For the jazz type guys like me, there's still quite a bit of older stuff from the 50s and 60s that never made it to digital. I keep LPs around for that reason alone. I do mix it in with local FM stations, which are really good, and some digital streaming for futzing around the house.

I doubt I'll ever fully abandon LPs nor will I try to digitize them and then sell them off, either.

Cheers,

David
 
I think I could narrow my few thousand LP collection down to a few hundred, but see no need to abandon the format. The ritual has grown old, though. 20 years into my collecting, and I'd rather listen to a CD. Finding an excellent CD player was the tipping point.
 
Celt said:
Ditto. I let mine go back in '90. I didn't miss them for awhile until I began wanting to hear titles that weren't available on CD and irritated at the lack of or missing artwork. Anyway, last year I began the process of re-collecting my records and have enjoyed them immensely! I won't be letting them go again, that's for certain. Adding to that, I really don't mind the process of cleaning and such. I kind of find it all to be relaxing.
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I also made the same mistake about 10 years ago. I had a small record collection and during that time my turntable needle broke. When I was looking to replace it I was shocked at the price to replace it. I didnt think it was worth it at the time so I sold my records and my TT. I regret selling my TT more. About 1.5 years ago I decided to get back into it because you cannot find everything you want on cd or the internet. I started another small LP collection that I am happy with.
 
Nah. Finding a NM Kind Of Blue or any other Jazz classic on LP for $2 is a significant part of the fun for me. Playing them, reading the liner notes, displaying the LP covers, futzing with carts and turntables, all come into play as part of the enjoyment. Downloading/playing an album in digital form just ain't the same.
 
89grand said:
Honestly though, using my computer I can just jump from song to song, album to album in an instant, no getting up, taking the record off the turntable, putting it back in the sleeve, then digging through the stack, looking for the next thing you want to hear, getting it out, cleaning the record, putting it on, then realizing...hey I don't really feel like hearing that after all. To add to that, I rarely want to hear entire albums from one artist, that makes it even more inconvenient.

To me, it's just not worth it. I switch songs or albums in seconds with just a few mouse clicks.
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I understand... This 'new' technology of file server/DAC is wonderful! I play less LPs these days because of it
 
My listening preferences go like this:
90% CD
9% FM stereo radio
1% Vinyl records
I play a record or two every few months just to make sure the TT is still working properly.
While some LP's do sound VERY GOOD, the other night one of the biggest reasons I prefer CD raised it's head....came to a song on the record I didn't care for. With the TT I'd have to get up and manually raise the tonearm and move it to the next track. With a CD, push a button and the machine does the work for me. In a instant.
Maybe I'm old. Or lazy. Or both.
 
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