Does Age Matter?

@chakster , hey. It is not like that at all, at least not with me. I have been collecting records all my life and do not intend on stopping. But, I use digital processing to improve the performance of my system. Even my phono stage is digitized. Used correctly digital processing is a huge benefit. It is hard to get some people to understand that. Yes, I also collect digital files The music is great but I must say staring at my hard drive does not give me the pleasure of staring at my record collection.

Nothing can replace records. We can listen to digital, yes, so what?
The whole world is digital now, music is free in digital format, for most people it’s just something on background like radio. But not everyone is so lazy, record collecting was and always will be a hobby, a habit that you can’t get rid off, and it’s not just for music on background.

Even back in the day there was radio and records. Music on background provided by radio deejays from vinyl records was there (always), it was not necessary to buy records if you want just listen to something.

Streaming today is just like radio yesterday.

Discuss record collecting with people for whom radio is enough is a waste of time. It’s just completely different style. Vinyl is not about convenience, you need a room for it, time for it, money etc. But it’s about passion. When you have to pay for every record I think you will not buy some sh*t. But people can downloads tons of sh*t for free and they do (also stream it for free).

Chakster, it is just not so black and white. There are some really great digital recordings that sound wonderful in digital. I buy files like I buy records except the files do not take up any room (in space). I like records better but sometimes the digital is better or that is the only version available. It is all about the music or should be. If just having a pile of records to look at is your only connection to the music then you are missing out on a lot of great music.

chakster, It's great that you enjoy record collecting, but that's not the only way to enjoy music with excellent sound.  I really find it hard to understand people who feel there is only one way to do things, their way.  

We live in a time with micro brews of every conceivable variety, and now micro distilleries.  We have restaurants selling the food of just about every nation on earth in medium sized cities, and yet people still push the idea that there's only one right way to listen to music.  

You are absolutely right that there's only one way for you.  When you say that there's only one way for everyone else, you're just wrong.

I'm 69, I have a lot of vinyl but hardly ever play it (don't like clicks and pops, don't like having to get up and turn it over), I have a lot of CD's but hardly ever play them. I like to stream the 4000+ of my favorite songs on my iTunes playlist (in lossless ALAC) in 'shuffle' and see what comes up! I do occasionally listen to an album in its entirety....