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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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lalitk
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@rbstehno, 

Great post. It all comes down to the original source of the recorded media. Vinyl being the oldest format has some of the best recorded material. I found many recordings on Tidal/ Qobuz and XRCD’s that are well recorded and very engaging. 

The key here is to have a decent system, be it analog or digital. Some of the responses I have seen here are boiling down to their ‘resistance’ for a change. They are probably ‘afraid’ what if I end up preferring the streaming over LP’s 😊
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mijostyn
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Uberwaltz, thanx for the update. I have not paid much attention to it. I only steam Pandora in the office. It is free if you don't mind an occasional ad. 
Lalitk, I did not say anything about the sound, just that I don't like collecting them. All my optical discs have been transferred to the hard drive. I took them all to Bull Moose Music and traded them in for....Records! $1500.00 worth. How much fun can you have on a Sunday:)
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Mike
Funny you should say that as I too stream Pandora when on the road from my hotel room via laptop, stream quality really does not matter too much via crummy laptop speakers and low volume...lol.

But for the serious listening in the main home rig then Qobuz has really upped the ante imho.
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mijostyn
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Latitk, I have absolutely no problem with digital. My front end is entirely digital. Has been for 20 years!  My phono amp even runs through a Benchmark ADC. I buy high res files from HD Tracks and Acoustic Sounds on a weekly basis. But, I collect music. To me streaming is not collecting. IMHO Records are a better collectible than hard copies of digital files. 
Here's one for you. You could get a Reel to Reel and record the streamed files in real time. Now you have me thinking....
rbstehno
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Mijostyn-you did an illegal thing and you’re bragging about it online? No different than a bank robber bragging about his heist on Facebook.
Lalitk- some of the worst sounding albums are from many decades ago too. Most of the remastered material I own is better than the original release unless the original was full range. My biggest gripe of the older material is all the compression they had (still do in analog to some extent) to perform, which is why analog sounds so smooth/non-fatiguing. 
I’ve been listening to Fourplay all morning using my PS Audio DS dac and it sounds as good as any vinyl, smooth, quiet, and with dynamic range. I have always liked DSD, and since the DS dac converts redbook to DSD, I can see why this sounds as good as it does, all at the same time looking at Roon’s liner notes
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