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

Khrys,

you directed your posting to me and in reading such my understanding was you preferred your Sooloos to your vinyl front end mentioned which is funny and only tells me ...

adding to your post you added the sacasm directed to me saying;

Too bad for you "it's game over".

Mine's still going on.

I find individuals of such going this route for convenience which is okay, it's your system and your choice and opinion so enjoy, no need to debate.

I also realize you have a 6TB server fronted by a MacBook Pro/Amarra that you prefer over the Sooloos, so what.

That all being said you were the one who initiated originally and not me so I responded to such and now you seem to want to step that up by adding;

"You should take your head out of your Stereotactic Device and get out a little more."

also saying;

Why don't you post it on Virtual Systems as any pre-sexagenarian surely can do?

Firstly WOW! using the word "sexagenarian" must be describing yourself, a person who is 60 years old or between the ages of 60 and 70.

Sorry but I'm in my 40's and don't need to use a piano to calibrate my ears, that was so funny what you posted had me rolling around on the floor.

10-07-00: Khrys
My 1992 Steinway M recalibrates my ears daily.
Khrys

My system, thanks yes I agree as you mentioned above my system involves ... highly precise and complex instruments.
I don't need to get out more, maybe you need to take your own advise. Also I see no need to post but looking at your picks in general they look very nice.

Enjoy!

I did end up replacing all my lps for cds but I still kept, and played, my vinyl. No way to digitize in those days (easilly).

Every recording and/or playback technology will have drawbacks. Vinyl is better than current digital at the moment. But with rediculously expensive digital system, they are sometimes better. The analog to digital converters and clock system must be top notch and sample at rates so high the resulting signal will look like analog. We aren't there yet. So, I have both analog and digital. When I really want to hear the soul of music, it is definitely analog. However, my digital rig is very good also. My CD transport through my DAC sounds wonderful. I do remember however, that back in the day, reel to reel blew away vinyl. But it was a serious pain to record to tape unless you bought directly from the master tape recording to reel to reel. But I can tell you that tape produced that way was much better (to me) than vinyl.

But for now, until digital surpasses vinyl, which it will eventually in one form or another, a very good vinyl rig is still better. But not by much anymore. However, a very good vinyl rig will seriously blow away an inexpensive digital set up if the DAC is not very good.

enjoy

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Just to put everyone back on track again with the original post. I was asking why do you still have vinyl if you DON'T PLAY IT. The intent of the post was intended for those who have pretty much given up on vinyl and play digital 99% of the time. The argument about whether one format is superior to the other has no place in this thread. Also, if you are still playing a lot of vinyl and prefer playing vinyl over digital, this thread is not intended for you. So please, no more posts here about how great vinyl is, this thread is for those of us that have left vinyl and have moved on.

Again, I have TWO TURNTABLES and spend more time dusting them off and keeping them clean than I do playing them. So, I already know how good vinyl is, I have 3,000 LP's to remind me....that was never the point.

Mitch -- I agree, this shouldn't be a discussion about formats. Which is why I proposed the idea that there are no "old formats". I realize now that 'old' was a poor choice of words; by 'old' I didn't mean a format's chronological age. so much as a format's viability as a storage medium for MUSIC. In other words, I believe ALL formats are viable means for storing music.

So, assuming the MUSIC is the issue, and not the records per se, when you say "I think it's time for me to let go." I take it to mean that you are OK with letting go of the MUSIC on those LP's, and with it, the LP's themselves. And that's a perfectly legitimate position; especially if you've taken the time to transfer ALL that music to another (more convenient) format. Why not? You can have your cake and eat it too ;--)

For me, there are additional reasons why I would hang on to the LP's themselves (rather than transfer their contents to CD's, tape, or a hard drive.) So, assuming I have room for them, here are some of those 'other' reasons I keep my LP's:
1.) I'm lazy: I don't want to lose any of the music, but don't want to take the time to transfer it.
2.) I'm cheap: I don't want to buy the hardware necessary to do the transferring properly.
3.) Even if 1 and 2 were not factors, I'd still worry about losing the transferred content -- both physically, and/or to some as-yet-unrecognized form of 'digital' deterioration'.
4.) And, as others have mentioned, my not wanting to give up (or have to transfer) that (sometimes great) cover art and liner notes -- which I still enjoy reading or re-reading.

And Mitch, despite the wording of your title, even YOU admit to playing your vinyl SOMETIMES ;--) You've bought the gear; you have the room (I assume); so why pitch it? You'll never get the money out. Are you worried about what happens when you croak?!

Don't!
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