Vinyl***What If***

My new hero is Bill

a lifestyle, well said....
as is digital obsessed over
as is high speed tape
mobile recording rack
killer ribbon microphones...and the MUSIC !!!!!

@billstevenson

A little of elitism doesn't hurt and this involvement can be at times OCDized. Playing records and tapes keeps the tradition and connects to the roots and history. Digital means nothing in this respect. We all have time money and can make an effort, that's not the main issues.

@inna  Agreed. Nothing wrong with anyone wanting to be or being deep into vinyl and all that entails.

I just think it is important to understand that the hi-fi hobby in general verges on the ludicrous and that serious vinyl is at the tip top of that wacko pyramid. 

Vinyl or not, what we all do here is a little nuts. Some of us are a little more nuts than others. And the thing that makes us look even more nuts is trying to defend it.

All of this applies to just about any passionate hobby. 

When average people look at my system, ask me about auto racing, making my own pasta from scratch or my pricey camera gear I pretty much just tell them its a disease.

n80"the hi-fi hobby in general verges on the ludicrous and that serious vinyl is at the tip top of that wacko pyramid...what we all do here is a little nuts. Some of us are a little more nuts...the thing that makes us look even more nuts is trying to defend it...I pretty much just tell them its a disease."

You sound like someone in need of serious expert counseling, therapy, and analysis and I hope you seek such solution, remedy, and resolution of you're disturbance which sounds alarming to me.

n80, right. Bordering on the ludicrous is perfectly fine with me. Some people are a little..yeah, but most sound perfectly normal.
But I think that serious reel-to-reel is " at the tip top of that wacko pyramid ", vinyl is close second.