Does anyone still use or like vinyl?

[teamsaint]

Are they customers of yours?

Sort of. I used to visit them, but I haven't been there for a few years as my current role prevents me from indulging in 8 hour round trips to lovely Cornwall.

[teamsaint]

Further evidence of the inevitable demise of physical media.....

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/07/20/hmv-open-dozens-new-stores-vinyl-sales-surge/

[oddoneout]

Further evidence of the inevitable demise of physical media.....

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...l-sales-surge/

And here?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/16/pressing-issues-vinyl-revival-held-back-record-store-day

[EnemyoftheStoat]

It must be the satisfaction of the challenge of getting a good sound out of something that is totally unreliable.

[Dave2002]

It must be the satisfaction of the challenge of getting a good sound out of something that is totally unreliable.

Many might consider it a triumph of hope over experience - to use a well known quote in a different context - but then younger people have perhaps not yet had the "experience".

Looking back at an earlier response, yes - it is possible to get good sound out of LPs, but expensive and hard.

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Many might consider it a triumph of hope over experience - to use a well known quote in a different context - but then younger people have perhaps not yet had the "experience".

Looking back at an earlier response, yes - it is possible to get good sound out of LPs, but expensive and hard.

I'm familiar with the experience from some 40 years ago and now neither solvent nor patient enough now to want to repeat it with any hope of success. And besides, I now have a cat, whose furry cast-offs do not adversely affect my CD player but would probably be very good friends with LPs.

[teamsaint]

I'd venture to suggest that the experience of buying , owning, and playing vinyl is not much to do with audio quality, but is to do with the way we " consume " and experience the complete package of recorded music, as a reaction to the literally endless, almost cost free experience of streaming which is many people's main way of accessing music. For many young people, it will have been the main or only way they have ever really accessed recorded music prior to starting to dabble with physical media. Vinyl also represents a better way of experiencing artwork,which can be an integral part of the experience.

Achieving really good quality reproduction of an enormous variety of music is cheap and easy. Physical media resemble more closely the experience of browsing and buying good quality books. And for artists they represent vital income streams in terms of signed copies, sales at live events and so on.

[pastoralguy]

It’s nice to see this thread resurrected.

I often see people much younger than me rifling through vinyl in the charity shops I frequent and I’ve been moved to ask what the attraction is. The responses I’ve had emphasised the physical nature of handling a real product and the aesthetic value of the sleeves. Sound quality rarely gets mentioned and one university student admitted that the sound quality was better on cd but said that young lady’s are very attracted to members of the opposite sex who have record players! (Not 30 odd years ago they weren’t!)

Hopefully, cd will experience a renaissance and I can retire to the South of France with the proceeds of my colossal collection of discs that were purchased when people were clearing out their unwanted polycarbonate discs.

[jayne lee wilson]

It’s nice to see this thread resurrected.

I often see people much younger than me rifling through vinyl in the charity shops I frequent and I’ve been moved to ask what the attraction is. The responses I’ve had emphasised the physical nature of handling a real product and the aesthetic value of the sleeves. Sound quality rarely gets mentioned and one university student admitted that the sound quality was better on cd but said that young lady’s are very attracted to members of the opposite sex who have record players! (Not 30 odd years ago they weren’t!)

Hopefully, cd will experience a renaissance and I can retire to the South of France with the proceeds of my colossal collection of discs that were purchased when people were clearing out their unwanted polycarbonate discs.

Yeah.... just a little more to it now..........

https://vinylettes.com

JLW? Deffo not a vinylista....(nor a fashionista now....but style is eternal etc....)

[Andrew]

there's enough nonsense about this whole area of Woo to power Totnes for many years

I don't wish to appear stupid, but is this an oblique reference to the town in south Devon, and, if so, would you elaborate? I ask, as my in-laws live there and I have absolutely no idea what you're on about!

[french frank]

I don't wish to appear stupid, but is this an oblique reference to the town in south Devon, and, if so, would you elaborate? I ask, as my in-laws live there and I have absolutely no idea what you're on about!

You've replied to a 9-year-old post. You may have to wait for an answer …

[Bryn]

It must be the satisfaction of the challenge of getting a good sound out of something that is totally unreliable.

What must?

[Bryn]

You've replied to a 9-year-old post. You may have to wait for an answer …

How about Totnes being widely seen as a centre of advanced New Age 'thinking'. 'Anti-vaxxers' of all ages, for instance, appearing to prolferate in the area . . .

[Old Grumpy]

How about Totnes being widely seen as a centre of advanced New Age 'thinking'. 'Anti-vaxxers' of all ages, for instance, appearing to prolferate in the area . . .

Totnes also has it's own currency, I believe - The Totnes Pound. Pound of what, I'm not sure - hash, woo, whatever

[french frank]

Totnes also has it's own currency, I believe - The Totnes Pound.

Bristol had its own currency too - the Bristol Pound https://bristolpound.org/

Not sure if the new idea will be like the Bristol Bitcoin. I never understood it but you could pay your bus fare with the £B.

On Topic: I have a number of vinyl records and occasionally play one as I have very few duplicates on CD.