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Why Do You Still Have Vinyl if You Don't Play it?

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I own 3,000 plus lp's that I just don't play anymore. I told my 14 year-old son that he can have them when he starts college. He said no thanks, he said that he can carry around that much music in his back pocket in his iPod. I tried to explain to him that if he played LP's in college, he'd easily be one of the coolest students on campus. He told me to "get real" and thanks, but no thanks. I think I just may have to go through the task of grading each LP and selling them off. I've tried to convince myself that I will one day play them. I was just fooling myself. For the last fifteen years, I play one or two LP's a year just for the hell of it. I do like looking at them in their Ikea racks and marvel how I assembled my collection over nearly 40 years. I do like it when visitors comment on them and look through them. Cd's killed my vinyl and now my Squeezebox is finally going to bury it.

How many of you still have a sizeable vinyl collection that you don't play, but refuse to let go of?

I think it's time for me to let go.
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mitch4t
timrhu
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A top notch digital set-up can be very nice which I've had but once vinyl is played well it's game over, it's as simple as that.
Dev

You should have mentioned that's your take because I would have to totally disagree when you suggest digital can't hold a candle to vinyl, you really had me laughing!
Funny how these things can go both ways.
timrhu
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Mitch4t, sounds like a good solution. Good luck to you and your son.
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dev
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Timrhu, no disrespect but if you re-read my posting I did say it was "my opinion" and you have also left some of my posting out.

My personal exspearience is digital can't but obviously by reading your statements you just haven't heard a proper set-up like allot of others whom I see posting.

If you don't get to hear such how can you make such comparisons and then make such statemens as you do, shows a lack of exspearience and credibility.

If you like what ever source it maybe good for you, opinions are just that so enjoy!

My current set-up;

- MBL 101e speakers
- Vac Statement 450 mono blocks
- Vac Sig. MK2a pre-amp
- MBL 1621a transport
- Acustic Arts Ref Tube dac
- TW Acustic Black Knight table placed upon a Minus K platform
- Reed 12" arm with MSL Ultra BC cart
- TW 10.5' arm with A90 cart
- Stealth Audio cable through out.
timrhu
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Dev
Timrhu, no disrespect but if you re-read my posting I did say it was "my opinion" and you have also left some of my posting out.

My personal exspearience is digital can't but obviously by reading your statements you just haven't heard a proper set-up like allot of others whom I see posting.

Sorry, but I reread your post and did not find "my opinion" in there.
While I have never owned a hi-end analog set up, I have listened to them. Which is better is purely subjective IMO.
I gave up listening for that purpose as my hearing is deteriorating and I no longer feel qualified to judge at that level.
I do agree with this though.
Different strokes for different folks.

Enjoy!
Dev

And back at ya!
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dev
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I have to chuckle when the come back is;

"I have never owned a hi-end analog set-up"

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"I gave up listening for that purpose as my hearing is deteriorating and I no longer feel qualified to judge at that level."

Sorry to read for your loss but honestly with no disrespect I would not clasify your red book or system as a whole as hi-end either but do enjoy.

You seem to want to start a debate with me, don't see you responding to the remark suggesting vinyl sucks made which raises a flag to me, it's appears to me you have a hidden agenda.

That statement is so far from being the thruth and ONLY demonstrates lack of credibility from that poster.

I guess I really need to spell it out for you, I never said the specific words "my opinion".

Try reading again, I'll help you, look for key words like;

"I would have to totally disagree"

and

"I've had"

those are "my opinion" got it.

Really makes me wonder how one can judge such if they haven't had in their own set-up and lived with it but seem compelled to push those keys for others to read misleading them.

As I said prior; A top notch digital set-up can be very nice which I've had but once vinyl is played well it's game over, it's as simple as that.

Enjoy!

I would say @$50K that's a pretty high-end red-book set-up.
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