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Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl

I just responded to the thread on how many sources do you have ( shotgunning tonight) and got me wondering why I love vinyl so much? Have a very good digital side on both my main system and my headphone system as well that was set up for Redbook playback (headphone system) only utilising my vast 1,000 CD collection, enjoyed it for about a year, added a turntable and haven't used it since. My love of vinyl has been with me for 55 years, buying and playing, setting up my tables , matching preamps and enjoying the fruit of my labor. I believe my love of vinyl is a simple one, it stemmed from the hands on, need to tinker and adjust that I was born with, it's a very physical attraction that I just can not resist, it satisfies a lot of needs for me and in some way is that mistress that I maintain. My turntable is massive and so easy to look at, I can touch it and get more out of it, I can read about the artist and get info while I listen to an album, I can swap out a cartridge and change the tone and in the day the album covers served as a rolling tray to roll a joint. I love vinyl, but absolutely understand while others don't. I also envy people like uberwaltz that have and use so many sources, wish I could. What say you?
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cleeds
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big_greg
Vinyl is projected to surpass CD in sales this year.
erik_squires
I believe this is due to the revenue generated by streaming causing declining CD sales
 It is not quite that simple, because LP sales have shown year-over-year growth for years, independent of CD sales and streaming and download revenue.
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millercarbon
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Everyone loves vinyl. Its just that some people are susceptible enough to propaganda and marketing that they can for a time deny what they're own ears are hearing. Over time though its a losing battle, and one that explains why the digitally deluded are always searching for the next great thing promising to sound "like" a record, while the music lovers who love playing records are happy to buy turntables and even records that are 20, 30, and more years old. We all know the best CD player from 1980, you couldn't give it away, while any old run of the mill 1980 Technics routinely sells for more now than when it was new. Yeah sure there's always someone who will buy the hype. Over time though the Truth will out. This is also the reason analog sales have been the fastest growth segment in the entire music industry for well over a decade now: EVERYONE loves records. Because: MUSIC!

R U Triggered? Too big a Red Pill to swallow? Well, too bad. Because its true.
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lalitk
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Well, that didn’t take long...haters will always be just that..too close minded.

Vinyl is great, but the idea that its sound quality is superior to that of uncompressed digital recordings is preposterous. They sound different, and that's exactly my point....nothing more nothing less. 
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dentdog
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When I bought my first upgraded system it was vinyl or tape. So analog only. There are certainly things to like and dislike. 
What I found when jumping back in 30 years later was that vinyl reproduction had upped it's game considerably, although the Win Strain Guage at the time was eyeopening. That's a like.
MC carts with good phono preamps. Big like!
Rumble through subs. Dislike
Cleaning records. Like, it's like cooking a meal.
Less sameness from one artist to another. The biggest like as it reduces listening fatigue. 
There are likes and dislikes about digital as well, but that isn't for this thread.

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noromance
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MC comes out with guns blazing!
I guess sales are good and artists are ensuring they have new vinyl releases. The one thing I noticed at AXPONA and NY Audio Show was that the best sounding rooms or sessions were when a turntable was in use.  

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