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timmus said:
For playback in the car, all my music sits on my iPod at 320kbps AAC. It's convenient and sounds perfectly good with the accompaniment of tyre/traffic/engine noise. However, at home, CD is most definitely still alive. I listen to absolutely everything on CD and I'm hugely fond of my collection and the space it takes up. Played through a pair of speakers that'd feel at home in Abbey Road Studios, bit-perfect CDs offer so much more than compressed digital downloads, streaming, etc. Also, I simply enjoy selecting a CD, appreciating the artwork and watching a favourite album disappear into the player.

Cheers,

Tom

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I must be a dinosaur then - I still prefer vinyl!
 
Bargepower said:
I must be a dinosaur then - I still prefer vinyl!
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Whilst there are many die-hard vinyl fans out there - and with good reason - I have just a few criticisms of the medium...
1) The potential for clicks and pops. If you buy new, keep them immaculate and play them with a well-balanced needle, they can give decades of superb listening, but so many second-hand records have been played on cheap groove-grinders. I don't find the noise of vinyl characterful; it's just distracting and annoying.
2) ...and this is the biggie... I hate the fact that you have to turn them over halfway through the album and that you then have to lift the arm at the end of the record (assuming it's not automated). I'm an albums listener; I never 'graze', skip tracks or make compilations. I want to be able to press play on Track 1 and just lose myself in the entire album. Once the album is over, I want to sit and bask in its atmosphere for a while, not jump out of my seat to deal with the record player. CD allows that. CD also allows the musician to place the tracks in the order they wish, without the limitations of a divide between two equal-time sides.

By far my favourite thing about vinyl, though, is the scale of the artwork. An album cover is so much more effective when big! :)

Cheers,

Tom
 
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timmus said:
Whilst there are many die-hard vinyl fans out there - and with good reason - I have just a few criticisms of the medium...
1) The potential for clicks and pops. If you buy new, keep them immaculate and play them with a well-balanced needle, they can give decades of superb listening, but so many second-hand records have been played on cheap groove-grinders. I don't find the noise of vinyl characterful; it's just distracting and annoying.
2) ...and this is the biggie... I hate the fact that you have to turn them over halfway through the album and that you then have to lift the arm at the end of the record (assuming it's not automated). I'm an albums listener; I never 'graze', skip tracks or make compilations. I want to be able to press play on Track 1 and just lose myself in the entire album. Once the album is over, I want to sit and bask in its atmosphere for a while, not jump out of my seat to deal with the record player. CD allows that. CD also allows the musician to place the tracks in the order they wish, without the limitations of a divide between two equal-time sides.

By far my favourite thing about vinyl, though, is the scale of the artwork. An album cover is so much more effective when big! :)

Cheers,

Tom
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My first encounter with hifi was through analogue. Vinyl records and audio cassette tapes. Then CD was the medium. I was disappointed with CD at first but it was my hifi equipment at the time. I amassed a large collection of CD's and was glad to have upgraded my hifi system with a separate CD transport and separate DAC a better amp and floorstanding speakers. I recently revisited vinyl records by purchasing a turntable and separate phono stage. There is a difference in sound between vinyl and CD. Each medium has their positives and negatives I have found. Enjoy the music however you like it I would say.

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