Why do people collect Vinyl

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[NoEgg4u]

@iw2mln

It probably started with the "lossy", "throw out samples", "low bit rate", mp3 format. I am not sure.

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Too many people believe that all CD players sound the same. So they buy cheap instead of quality components (and many of these folks can afford quality). So their gear hardly reveals the difference between good vs. bad digital recordings.

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BTW, the iPod is not to blame. It just plays whatever you throw at it. Give it a quality wav file, and it will play that, too.

[NoEgg4u]

@iw2mln

It's the iPod.

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Artists want their music to be loud, for today's youth. They want their songs to be louder than, or at least equally loud to, the rest of the iPod listener's catalog. They achieve this, at the cost of fidelity, with massive compression -- so every part of the song plays at a similar volume.

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Most artists demand it in pursuit of sales. So the studios must comply.

[pinkfloyd870]

Vinyl should be the answer to declining sales and the free market of modern music.... they took away the real art and feel to the experience, and cheapened it all when they FORCED the CD crap onto us and still charged the same amount for less.

Bring back Vinyl, with good art, great sound and "free" goodies, and I think they may have a solution to the digital downloads.... give us some value, and the rest will sort itself out.

[belowthepovertyline]

You just don't get the same vinyl smell from an mp3. 

[utubeb14]

@POLSET2 Not true about the sound, also CDs degrade with age more so than vinyl.

[God0Mighty1]

1:34 - 2:00 Best explanation. That chick is badass.

[POLSET2]

I love cover-art of Vinyl's too. But...! Sound quality is worse.Vinyls are faster to destroy just by playing them.A Japanese old compact's are the best!!!

[mrtheoden]

@NoEgg4u yeah but the DAC inside the iPod is not great quality. Modern music is badly compromised by artists who simply do what the record studio says, lack of talent, poor recording quality (compression is a HUGE issue). Most of the younger generation are lazy and ill informed and happy to believe the BS that they are fed.

[jasonbournetodie]

I noticed for the first time today that WAV files have a better quality sound than MP3s.

Or maybe my ears deceived me...

[negatyve]

@NoEgg4u That's not correct. Studios demand it. I've known a few bands personally who had to have their albums mastered hot against their wishes. Most bands want their music to be heard for everything it is, not clipped to hell with every nuance drowned out.

[SocietyCollapses]

@vnllawytchkltblndie It's not really hard to wash a vinyl, so that worry about that. Vinyls cost a little more then CDs, but if you start collecting in. You will not look back, it just gives more. It's a bigger artwork, so the cover art is more beatiful then it would be on a CD. About the sound, no it's not better. It's just sound more organic, it's sounds more live. You will feel closer to the music, Belive me. I can answer all your questions about vinyl. Been collection for years now.

[vnllawytchkltblndie]

I have CDs and mp3s, but I've recently been fascinated with the way vinyls are making a comeback (i know they never really left, but hopefully you know what i mean). I just don't know enough about them to really judge, but I guess i'm worried about the record scratching, and the cleaning / repair / replacement. I'm also reading in the comments that the sound is actually better, but in the video some people said it's not as clean (more raw) and they liked the cracks and pops. Help, anyone?