In Reply to: Question for those who have deserted vinyl (you know who you are!) posted by ecl876 on February 3, 2017 at 09:55:42:
Here is the thing about records besides the cleaning, resonances, low frequency feedback, groove noise, tonearm adjustments, record warps, expensive cartridges, phono stages, LP storage space, side changes every 1/2 hour...it goes on and on!
The thing is a record will never sound the same way twice due to wear. Every time you play a record there is wear to both the stylus and the record. The stylus itself wears out the record while it itself is wearing out. As the groove noise increases with time you can never get that original state back.
There is nothing to compare when I put a CD on the very first time. I could not believe that total silence until the music started. The first time in my life I had ever experienced anything like it after all those records since I was 14 years old. I always wanted that and would never go back, especially now at 68. And that silence stays. The CD never changes. 50 plays are always as good as the very first.
One reason I love music is it allows me to forget life's annoyances. I do not need some of those annoyances to be part of the music. That is why I hate records!
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