MarcWielage
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Sep 14, 2024 6:58 AM
MarcWielage
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Blakeadelic
I rediscovered a love of vinyl during the early months of the pandemic. Nothing sounds better than the richness of vinyl to me. I also enjoy having the full size artwork. Having records that were made 40, 50, 60 or more years ago that still sound as good as the day they were pressed, there’s something very magical about that.
CaptainHyperbole
It didn’t used to be expensive, it only got so after it became “cool” again.
weirdsmith
GOWood
FellaWithUmbrella
I never left my vinyls
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
I bought a new stereo with turntable in the '90s and held on to my albums. As a bonus, when everyone switched to CD they gave me their albums
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
I buy secondhand albums at thrift stores, cheap. I also like the ritual of playing a record, it makes the music experience more involved
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
I also make playlists and play CDs so I'm not a vinyl snob
tabIeandchairs
Yeah, I just hate having to find new sacrificial offerings everytime
wagnus
I like the idea of kind of forcing involvement. so often when I listen to music when walking my dog, I effortlessly skip stuff just because I'm distracted and not focusing; miss some gems that way
spitfires2000
If it looks like a hipster, talks like a hipster and has all the hipster stuff... it probably IS a hipster!
cyanideremark
Or depending on your age demographic; it can be another mid-life crisis regression
spitfires2000
Guy on the right: yeah. Hipster on the left: nope.
DocFunkenstein
The main appeal is the nostalgia and ritual of it. Many people also like the imperfections that come with it, for many of the same reasons people like live music over "perfect" recordings. It's little different from people who like to roll their own cigarettes or bake their own cookies.
I'm not sure why so man people can't seem to grasp that. Instead, they just get all snobby and shit about it. God forbid people enjoy things you don't.
(Also, analog telephones are far superior to cellphones.)
Kamchatkah
Some people also like owning their copy rather than renting it from streaming platforms, so vinyl is one option there.
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
I'm a graphic designer so album art is important to me. Scaling back to CD didn't improve it if it was meant to be viewed at full size. That's why I love to look at the original covers for old albums
KittenInside
The loudness wars made some albums sound terrible on CD due to compressed dynamics. So you'd use the vinyl version, accepting the noise.
aCheekyFingerUpTheBum
New albums and remasters. Many ads from the 80s and 90s sound great
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
Yeah, it's basically a compressed dynamic range that would prevent you from having to turn the volume up during quiet bits. If you've listened to '70s Supertramp or Pink Floyd, that's what I mean. The result is that music is just a cacophony but all at the same level, which makes it more tiresome to listen to
CaptainHyperbole
What were the loudness wars
KittenInside
Music producers used high dynamic compression available in the CD format to make albums appear louder, similar to how ads are technically not louder, but seem so. The effect causes any beats to sound weak, since the jump in volume is lower than expected. It is especially noticeable in any kind of rock or metal -- music generally already pretty loud throughout a song. Vinyl has a technical limitation that prevents this setup, since max volume would physically push the needle out of the groove.
FetaForMoses
Extreme compression
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war