CD's v. Vinyl?
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jazzy_daveWhen I started listening to music and buying albums it was back in the seventies when it was just vinyl or cassettes and that was it -forget the eight-track cartridge - they were unreliable on the whole and awkward.
Since 1986 CD became the standard - but I resisted for a few years as vinyl was still relatively cheap and plentiful, and CD's initially expensive. Then once I discovered the generally superior sound of the CD, its compact size, and the fact that a whole two sides of an album can fit on it plus more, vinyl was on the way out.
Now in 2019 vinyl is back with a bang and shops are open devoted to just that format, whilst shops like HMV have a large section devoted to vinyl, and whilst it has been growing for a good few years, and I am happy to see vinyl back,what stops me most going back to it,is this -
They are just too expensive when compared to the CD version. £20 to £30 for vinyl is just way too much for me when I can get five CD's for same said price. I do like the idea of vinyl, as it is fun to own, and looks cool. However, compared to a CD it is so much more fragile. Vinyl will wear out. I do have some vinyl, all found secondhand for reasonable prices, for example, the Michael Jackson Thriller LP I found for only five quid! Also, I would not play vinyl on any cheap deck such as those foisted for around fifty bucks, and thus for now and the foreseeable future I am staying with the practical and superior CD.
The only reason for buying new vinyl would be for a new recording reviewed in Wire that is only available on vinyl.
For other views follow the links -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGOfkM0f5Zc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfVVTJejmpw
Since 1986 CD became the standard - but I resisted for a few years as vinyl was still relatively cheap and plentiful, and CD's initially expensive. Then once I discovered the generally superior sound of the CD, its compact size, and the fact that a whole two sides of an album can fit on it plus more, vinyl was on the way out.
Now in 2019 vinyl is back with a bang and shops are open devoted to just that format, whilst shops like HMV have a large section devoted to vinyl, and whilst it has been growing for a good few years, and I am happy to see vinyl back,what stops me most going back to it,is this -
They are just too expensive when compared to the CD version. £20 to £30 for vinyl is just way too much for me when I can get five CD's for same said price. I do like the idea of vinyl, as it is fun to own, and looks cool. However, compared to a CD it is so much more fragile. Vinyl will wear out. I do have some vinyl, all found secondhand for reasonable prices, for example, the Michael Jackson Thriller LP I found for only five quid! Also, I would not play vinyl on any cheap deck such as those foisted for around fifty bucks, and thus for now and the foreseeable future I am staying with the practical and superior CD.
The only reason for buying new vinyl would be for a new recording reviewed in Wire that is only available on vinyl.
For other views follow the links -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGOfkM0f5Zc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfVVTJejmpw
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