Can you imagine a world without vinyl?

I hate this...in the never ending, self deluding, not quite successful (my vinyl days are 30 years behind me, but I still rememember!) battle of trying to convince myself I can live without vinyl, along comes this utterly convincing, inarguable & oft repeated, (now I KNOW I'm missing something) argument.......where do I start?

Paladin,

You are definitely the highwater mark for all of us. How many hours a day do you listen to vinyl?

I'm all in- Lps rule. A few weeks ago i presented a dear friend with a rebuilt Lenco. There were abot 30 people at the birthday party and everyone said they were going to start buying LPs again. Well, almost everyone.
One person who I met at the party left my listening room about an hour ago. But most imprtantly, he left me with 6 old Duke Ellington Lps, 4 T Bone Walker LPs (Barney Kessel played on a couple, I didn't know that), 3 Ben Venuti LPs, Louie Armstrong. He has tons more which he will be bringing over!
My neighbor who is in his late 70s, has a fantastic collection of jazz Lps to grace his Dynalab amp and Linn table. He can't stand digital sound- way too harsh/grainy in the highs and uninvolving.
Yes, I prefer LPs and I like changing the music after one side. CDs seem boring in comparison.
Lps sound fantastic on my Lenco/RB300/Denon 103R!

I'm an audiophile of 30 years who became a home based dealer for many fantastic products. My reference system is the Evolution Acoustic speakers (finest I ever experienced) , DarTZeel amp/pre-amp, EMM Labs new 1 box CDSA, Grand Prix isolation and the Grand Prix Monaco table / Dynavector 507II and XV1S cartridge. This new EMM player is so superb that I can still enjoy listening to digital (serious listening I mean) even after playing vinyl. However, my analog front end is a whole other animal. Definitely superior in many very important ways. In a nutshell, it sounds organic, palpable and very real. Of course, most don't have a front end of this quality so they can't realize the potential of vinyl. Collecting and using vinyl is a totally different mindset and dedication over digital. I thought I had a lot of LPs (2500), but 35K is quite staggering. I have seen things come and go, but as digital has improved, so has analog playback, so I'm into vinyl for the long haul and very thrilled about it.
PS - Records definitely sound better after being cleaned on my Loricraft machine vs being cleaned on my previous VPI machine. The LPs got a bit quieter (only sometimes) after being cleaned on the VPI, but with the Loricraft, WOW!!!!! Noticably blacker background, much better sense of depth and space, more clarity and resolution.

I am going to filter block ebay-I can't keep spending $25-$30.each on the new releases I want.Will the record companies PLEEEASE get their s**t together and realize we music buyers want this stuff? Stop forcing us to buy it as imports? Who knows,might even save the Ipod/MP3 stricken failing music industry by generating profit from people that actually still buy music!