Some people just too old to understand what’s going on with the young generation. Nobody cares about the quality, record collecting is not about the sound quality for most of the people, it’s about the physical media format which is just cool. They are happy to play vinyl even on portable plastic turntables like those Columbia GP-3 or Fisherprice. As i said earlier: most of the adult record collectors doesn’t care about equipment, they are happy with $300 Technics SL1200mkII and $80 Shure m44-7, but these people own many thousand mega rare record and they are happy to buy more, it’s just like a habbit. This is called crate digging. These scene is all about vinyl, there is no room for CDs or digital. It’s a culture and smart kids want to be a part of this culture. They already have free digital in their life forever. Vinyl is something unique.
It’s like analog film photography, it’s just so cool, much more complicated than digital photography. Have you seen teenagers with analog film cameras taking pictures? This is another cultural thing. It doesn’t matter that every iPhone can make an HD video and amazing pictures. There is a huge community of youth analog film lovers in every country, it’s an art form.
Personally i totally agree that to make vinyl sounds better we need an expensive analog equipment and knowledge to choose them, but this is only a part of the life of the audiophiles (very small community, another expensive hobby for crazy people like us).
