Want to Start vinyl

I have to second, (or maybe 16th), the sentiment here. You will find vinyl if you go looking for it...
I got my hair cut last week. The barber was selling some old vinyl that a customer had brought in. I bought a bunch of mint records for $1 a record.
Vinyl will play better than digital at pretty much any price range. If you buy a $500 analog rig and a $500 digital rig, analog will win. If you go overboard and buy a $10,000 analog rig as well as a $10,000 digital rig, analog will win by a HUGE margin. As your system gets better, the differences become more apparent.
There's only enjoyment here. Get in.

Tom

"Don't listen to the haters" No one is hating. Were just saying that if you don't have a collection already there is no point in bothering with vinyl. As far as buying used vinyl goes it's very hit or miss. I have bought 30 used records in the past 2 months and only 5 are worth listening to. Luckily the store where I bought them from issued me a credit. Now if money isn't a problem and you can afford new issues from Analogue productions, Speakers corner and Pure pleasure records then I would say go for it. Just remember these high quality records run a minimum 25.00 and can go up to 100.00.

If you clean your used LPs properly, most will sound great. Don't underestimate the value of a good cleaning regimen.
There are also many new rock LPs released that sell for $12-15. Many now also include codes for digital downloads, so I can enjoy LPs at home, and take the songs via Ipod on the road. The bigger record labels are also starting to get back in. Things are trending the right direction.
Even if you don't have any LPs now, I think it's well worth it to get into vinyl! Cheers,
Spencer

Starting vinyl from scratch is usually not a good idea. Take this from someone who's got 3x more records than CDs and loves to play records. However, I started buying LPs back in 1977.

Most times is better to donate the money to the poor.

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what city do you live in or near

some places have lots of vinyl
others scarce

go for it!

I bought a $3k setup
and now have a $17k setup
and I'm back in the magic of music
something the cd can't quite deliver