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Listening to full LPs vs virtually endless digital tracks.

Not to open up that analog or digital can of worms, a big difference is the enjoyment of listening to artist’s talent of creating a cohesive full album vs drilling down on seemingly endless tracks. IME I have mostly listened to full CDs one at time. I have only experienced a little bit of Pandora through my smart TV. Sure it is fun to start with a familiar artist and open up a plethora of related and new material. Pandora’s box? Vinyl vs that kind of Digital is clearly a very different way of listening. 
mglik
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fuzztone
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I've only heard about 20 albums that sound appealing in entireity in their original order.  I'd rather listen to them where I don't have a mandatory flip halfway through.  The rest are more enjoyable for me playing the best cuts shuffled.
Haven't listened to Pandora for 10 years.  It was too repetitive for me.
The stinkin' cable music channels are more varied.
erik_squires
16,121 posts
 
The thing you can do amazingly fast with single track listens is discover new (to you) artists and music you might otherwise not.  Then you can jot them down and go back to look at the albums.  Also, to be honest 2/3rds of the time I listen to my system it's from the home office, not sitting in front of the speakers on the throne.

Would I love the luxury of living forever, and only hearing single albums at a time? Maybe. :)  But until that is possible, the current combination is good for me.
edcyn
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I still truly enjoy putting on an LP and listening to Side 1 and then Side 2. I put a CD on and listen to it from beginning to end.  I'll ring up an album on Qobuz that I don't have and let it unfold start to finish.
big_greg
6,644 posts
 
I love listening to vinyl from start to finish. I love variety. It doesn't have to be an either/or proposition.
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