why would you buy a gay record for $20+ when you could listen to the SAME THING on utube for free????? the Jewish are at it again i see
i only italicized that because i really had a good giggle there
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anyways, this is really my own take on the vinyl collecting. for me, i really enjoy the physical aspect of owning records. yes, you can get cds for way the forget cheaper but they're really all not the same. for me, there's a certain nostalgia to it. my parents donated some records to my collection, same with other family members. i have some criteria for what to buy, but usually it's records that have truly changed my life for the better. for instance, i have
ALL of daft punk's records except the tron soundtrack and the alive records. did i really have to do that even though it's on youtube? no, but i'm such a huge daft punk nerd that i ended up buying the records.
another huge point i want to make is equipment matters. do
NOT buy a crosley. their needles are made of ceramic and
WILL degrade your vinyl faster. try to get a decent used turntable from the 80's or 90's. i got my technics p-mount for literally $50, but i also happened to have old equipment already. you'd have to get a phono preamp and pc speakers to do it justice but it works man.
i still use spotify in my car. i still listen to cds. vinyl is just another medium to listen to music. listening to a whole album the old school way of listening to side a, flip the disk, then listen to side b makes some albums make more sense. i prefer to listen to vinyl on days i really want to just listen to music on a rainy day or some stuff. it's all a hobby in the end of it.
