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Who listens only to vinyl?


WHY, and what turntable set-up are you choosing to live with?
(This is NOT a vinyl versus digital thread, it's a lifestyle thread!)

Recently, I'm heading in this direction, mostly I think because I have never invested enough attention and money to bring up digital listening into the pleasure zone. I also like messing around with record cleaning and arms and cartridges, and worrying whether my TT belt needs replacing. And the sound of course!

If you are one of these vinyl-only people, how did you get there, and how do you feel about living with restricted access to a lot of newer recordings, both classical and other genres? Is it an issue for you?

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hevac1
811 posts
 
Cd's while puttering around the house and vinyl if sitting down listening.
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atmasphere
7,068 posts
 
I had a Linn CD transport. It died, seems to have a simple problem but try getting service info out of Linn!

However I don't really miss it. I have a large collection of LPs and its always in danger of taking over the house. LPs are lot easier to find today than they were 10 or even 20 years ago.
dhcod
397 posts
 
I don't think I'm ignoring music of the last 10-20 years with my vinyl only setup. Pretty much anything that I check out on iTunes that I like is at some point available on vinyl, although I'm listening to Jazz and inde music mostly and some electronic and hip hop. No classical, which to me may require some sort of digital setup to fully enjoy the vast sea of music out there. I've hooked up digital in many form, and very high price stuff too, and there's never any comparison, especially when you are talking about long term listening. A good test is to go digital only for 2 months and see how the length of your listening sessions goes down. It's just not as enveloping.
sgunther
171 posts
 
I am with Hevac1, CD as background around the house,vinyl when sitting down to enjoy music as an activity.
audiolui
280 posts
 
I stopped listening to CD (digital) more than 15 years ago. I am listening exclusively to vinyl. However, I do listen to MP3 in my car though.

CD and vinyl are two different formats. They do sound differently. I like the space and ambience of vinyl sound because I like acoustic music. Techno muisc with heavy synthesiser is not my cup of tea.

I listen mostly to old jazz and classical. I have only 500 to 600 LPs but it will take me a long long time to listen to them all due to the fact that I only have 5 to 6 hours a week to listen to music. Most of the time when I listen to music, I listen to my favourites during that 5 to 6 hours window. As a result, I still have a lot of LPs that I haven't listened to yet. I do buy some of the reissues that are done right. In my situation, I have plenty of music to listen to and I don't follow modern music much.

Additionally, there are a few tweaks I can do to adjust the sound with vinyl. A newly cleaned LP always sounds better. Playing with VTA can help dial in the sound with different pressings. I think it is fun playing vinyl.
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