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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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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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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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rbstehno, It all depends on how you do things. Once set up I go a decade or more between cartridges changes. I use a dust cover and a conductive sweep arm. My records never get dirty, I never have to clean them. All my records sound as good as the day I got them. There is very little wear because plat time is distributed over thousands of records. 
I love flipping people out when I tell them they are listening to a record not digital. Yes, I am an old guy and I can not deny there is a lot of tradition and nostalgia in this. But, I am also a very early adopter. I was using DSP technology long before most people knew what they were.
I started using subwoofers in 1978. 
I guess I love everything that makes listening to music better and collecting easier. Now I am going to get a Reel to Reel and start recording streamed files:))) 
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rbstehno, I have not done anything illegal...yet. There is nothing the streaming services can do to prevent people from making analog recordings of streamed material and as long as people are not selling it to others I have absolutely no problem with it. 
Uberwaltz, do you sign any kind of agreement when you purchase streaming rights not to make analog recordings of the files? 
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