Ben’s full of beans! It just sounds different. It doesn’t sound better. I got a hundred million songs in my pocket. I don’t need the LP tea ceremony and its associated pops and cracks.
I loved vinyl. I lost two big collections in two divorces. I now have the resources for a nice audio setup, but I’ve been using Spotify instead, it seems every record in the world is on there. Plus, no need to turn the record over every twenty minutes, and my hearing is shot so I can’t detect the quality of vinyl.
Nostalgia is pretty much the only reason for holding on to 8-tracks. As for vinyl, I doubt I could detect any difference if I were to compare it to a digitized version of the same song. Of course, I grew up listening to music on a transistor radio, sometimes through one of those cheesy monophonic earplugs, so it isn’t surprising that I don’t consider my ears to be classically trained.
I have some vinyl I’d like to digitize; I just have to get around to getting a record player that can handle the task. One of the many things on my little list of things to do.
Oddly, though, my last purchase of vinyl was very recent. At a yard sale, I found the Broadway cast recording, circa 1965, of Man of La Mancha, one of my all-time favorite musicals. I have the CD version of the album, but couldn’t resist purchasing the original.
stairsteppublishing almost 2 years ago
Vinyl has come back and is highly collectible, if it is a good record to begin with.
stillfickled Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I have a lot of 45’s and albums.
KEA almost 2 years ago
For revolutionizing mobile music ya gotta give 8track tapes due credit, but for quality and longevity, not so much.
FassEddie almost 2 years ago
Ben’s full of beans! It just sounds different. It doesn’t sound better. I got a hundred million songs in my pocket. I don’t need the LP tea ceremony and its associated pops and cracks.
timinwsac Premium Member almost 2 years ago
His eight tracks aren’t much good if his cassette player doesn’t work.
SofaKing almost 2 years ago
I loved vinyl. I lost two big collections in two divorces. I now have the resources for a nice audio setup, but I’ve been using Spotify instead, it seems every record in the world is on there. Plus, no need to turn the record over every twenty minutes, and my hearing is shot so I can’t detect the quality of vinyl.
cuzinron47 almost 2 years ago
It took me awhile to give up on my 8-tracks, and then I had to give up on my cassettes. I lost a lot music along the way. But I still have my vinyl.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Vinyl snobs kill me. The music reproduction on vinyl is not superior to tape or even modern CD technology.
EMGULS79 almost 2 years ago
Nothing like the BBRRRRRRPT of an eight-track changing tracks – especially in the middle of a song….
paullp Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Nostalgia is pretty much the only reason for holding on to 8-tracks. As for vinyl, I doubt I could detect any difference if I were to compare it to a digitized version of the same song. Of course, I grew up listening to music on a transistor radio, sometimes through one of those cheesy monophonic earplugs, so it isn’t surprising that I don’t consider my ears to be classically trained.
I have some vinyl I’d like to digitize; I just have to get around to getting a record player that can handle the task. One of the many things on my little list of things to do.
Oddly, though, my last purchase of vinyl was very recent. At a yard sale, I found the Broadway cast recording, circa 1965, of Man of La Mancha, one of my all-time favorite musicals. I have the CD version of the album, but couldn’t resist purchasing the original.
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 2 years ago
8 track tapes….that started the musical merry-go-round…………..
heathcliff2 almost 2 years ago
Could be. Records are better.